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Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

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Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

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June 15, 1960	Proposal from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC on Cosmonaut Training Center Proposal to the Central Committee from industrial leaders and the scientific community on creating a cosmonaut training center and establishing regulations on the professional activities of cosmonauts.
May 22, 1959	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers on Vostok Decree of the Central Committee and Council of Ministers officially titled “On the Object Vostok,” approving the development of the Vostok reconnaissance satellite.
January 5, 1959	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers on Biomedical Research Central Committee and Council of Ministers Decree titled “On Strengthening Scientific-Research Work in the Field of Biomedical Support to Spaceflight” that transformed the Institute of Aviation Medicine to the Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine.
December 2, 1958	Letter, M. Khrunichev et al to the CPSU CC Proposal submitted to the Central Committee (CC) by a number of industry leaders, scientists, and military officials proposing to strengthen biomedical research to support a future human spaceflight.
June 26, 1958	Letter, A. Bakulev et al. to Comrade N.S. Khrushchev Proposal from biomedicine specialists addressed to Nikita Khrushchev to create a new scientific-research institution dedicated solely to study the biomedical aspects of space exploration. The authors ask that a unit from the Air Force’s existing Institute of Aviation Medicine be detached and made into a new institute for space medicine.
October 12, 1950	Ciphered Telegram No. 25553, Roshchin to Filippov [Stalin] Mao Zedong has already given orders to halt Chinese troops preparing to cross the Korean border.
October 11, 1950	Cable No. 4785, Filippov [Stalin] and Zhou Enlai to the Soviet Ambassador in Peking Instructions for the Chinese army in light of the fact that the Chinese forces designated to assist Korea are not ready.
October 8, 1950	Telegram from Mao Zedong to Filippov (Stalin) Mao informs Stalin that the Chinese volunteers could cross into Korea by October 15.
September 26, 1957	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee Presidium, 'On the Launch of an Artificial Satellite of the Earth' Presidium (Politburo) decree approving launch of satellite
September 24, 1957	Note of V. M. Riabikov, K. N. Rudnev, and Others to the CPSU Central Committee About the Work to Launch Artificial Earth Satellites On preparations to launch first Soviet satellite