1988 ⟶ Gorbachev Announces Non-Interference in Eastern Europe

Gorbachev announces in a speech to the United Nations Genera...
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🤝 Thatcher Meets Gorbachev at Chequers

Margaret Thatcher and the UK government, in a plan to open new channels of dialog with Soviet leadership candidates, meet with Mikhail Gorbachev at Chequers.⟶
Thatcher Meets Gorbachev at Chequers (1984)
Soviet UnionUnited KingdomGorbachevThatcherDiplomacyCold WarSummitDialogue

👤 Gorbachev Becomes Soviet Leader

Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union.⟶
Gorbachev Becomes Soviet Leader (1985)
Soviet UnionGorbachevLeadershipCold WarPerestroikaGlasnostReformPoliticsUSSR

🇷🇺 Gorbachev Announces Perestroika

Natives within the Party who oppose his policies of economic redevelopment (Perestroika). It is Gorbachev's hope that through initiatives of openness, debate and participation, that the Soviet people will support Perestroika.⟶
Gorbachev Announces Perestroika (1987)
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🕊️ Gorbachev Announces Non-Interference in Eastern Europe

Gorbachev announces in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that the Soviet Union will no longer militarily interfere with Eastern Europe.⟶
Gorbachev Announces Non-Interference in Eastern Europe (1988)
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🕊️ Malta Summit Signals End of Cold War

At the end of the Malta Summit, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declare that a long-lasting era of peace has begun. Many observers regard this summit as the official beginning of the end of the Cold War.⟶
Malta Summit Signals End of Cold War (1989)
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🏳️ Gorbachev Resigns, Soviet Flag Lowered

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the USSR. The flag of the Soviet Union is lowered for the last time over the Kremlin and is later replaced by the Russian flag. Also that day U.S. President George H. W. Bush, after receiving a phone call from Boris Yeltsin, delivers a Christmas Day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War.⟶
Gorbachev Resigns, Soviet Flag Lowered (1991)
Soviet UnionGorbachevResignationEnd of Cold WarRussiaKremlinSymbolismCollapseEastern EuropePolitical Transition