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Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

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Ukrainian Nuclear History

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North America

United States

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv

Eastern Europe

Ukraine

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

The Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations meets on June 14, 1946.

Baruch Plan for International Control of Atomic Energy

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Sino-Soviet Relations

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Chernobyl nuclear accident

Ukraine

Chernobyl

Nuclear Proliferation

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Kurchatov, Igor V.

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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

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Soviet Union. Council of Ministers

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February 9, 1968	Memorandum from the Government of the USSR to the Government of the USA A Politburo memo about a B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed off the western coast of Greenland, while trying to land at the United States Ai1 Force base at Thule.
February 9, 1968	Decisions of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU for 9-12 February 1968, '11. On Our Steps in connection with the Accident of the American Bomber with Nuclear Weapons on Board and the Radioactive Contamination of the Environment...' An outline of next steps the Politburo plans to take in response to the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.
November 10, 1966	Directive to the Soviet Representative at the United Nations The Soviet position was to not concur with the proposal to not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states without consideration of whether they had nuclear weapons (presumably belonging to a nuclear weapon state) on their territory.
October 13, 1966	USSR Council of Ministers Directive The directive provides details on the decision to build the atomic power station in Hungary, and how payment will be handled.
October 13, 1966	Extract from Protocol No. 23, Meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU on 13 October 1966, 'II. On Cooperation between the USSR and the HPR in Construction of Atomic Power Station in Hungary' Statement of the Politburo confirming drafts about helping Hungary build a nuclear power station and receive a credit from the Soviet Union for that purpose.
June 16, 1966	Letter, USSR Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Finance of the Chinese People’s Republic, Beijing The USSR balked at China’s desire for a refund of money contributed to the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research (JINR) after it decided to pull out of the institute.
June 16, 1966	Directive to the Soviet Representative, Vienna The USSR was concerned that the IAEA might endeavor to complete an atomic research center in Ghana on which it had already expended considerable resources. This document provides guidance to its Vienna representative.
June 1966	Directives to Soviet Representatives for Conducting Preliminary Negotiations with the Delegation of Hungarian Experts on the Issue of Rendering Technical Assistance to the HPR in the Construction of an Atomic Power Station Directive explaining ways Soviet representatives can help Hungarian experts representing the Hungarian People's Republic construct atomic energy stations.
June 11, 1966	Directives for the Soviet Delegation to the Session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (14-21 June 1966) This document outlines guidance for the Soviet delegation to the June 1966 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, specifically on their concerns about the IAEA being involved in efforts to create a nuclear free zone in Latin America.
May 28, 1966	USSR Council of Ministers Resolution, 'On the Accession of the USSR to the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)' A draft resolution on formal Soviet accession to the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).