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Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

This is a collection of primary source documents covering the collapse of the Soviet Union during the late 1980s. The collection contains documents from archives in most of the former Soviet bloc countries. They discuss the changes occurring in Eastern Europe and the Tiananmen Square events in China. See also Cold War Origins; China, 1989; and German Reunification.

 

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

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