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Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosievich

1928- 2014

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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Yazov, Dmitri Timofeevich

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South Asia

Afghanistan

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Chebrikov, Viktor M.

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Kryuchkov, Vladimir Alexandrovich

1924- 2007

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Yakovlev, Alexander Nikolayevich

1923- 2005

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

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Soviet Foreign Policy

President Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Bush, and oviet General Secretary Gorbachev

United States-Soviet Relations

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

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Central America and Caribbean

Nicaragua

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Eastern Africa

Ethiopia

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Eastern Africa

Mozambique

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

Nuclear Proliferation

Soviet Nuclear History

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March 11, 1985	Minutes of a CC CPSU Politburo Session Nominating Gorbachev for General Secretary CC CPSU Politburo Session nominating Gorbachev for General Secretary after the death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. Many members of the politburo spoke in favor of Gorbachev for General Secretary. They make a unanimous recommendation to the Plenum of CC CPSU.
November 18, 1989	Excerpt from Protocol No. 182 of the Meeting of the Politburo CC CPSU, 'On Additional Measures in the Informational Sphere' Proposal recommending increased openness, freedom of speech, and the end of restrictions on the press in the Soviet Union, including the free distribution of foreign media.
February 17, 1990	Excerpt from Protocol No. 179 of the Meeting of the Politburo CC CPSU, 'On the Upcoming Elections in Nicaragua' The CC CPSU approves of the analysis made by E. A. Shevardnadze and A.N. Yakovlev on the upcoming elections in Nicaragua and the position of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.
October 22, 1986	Meeting Minutes of the Politburo of the CC CPSU, Regarding the Aftermath of the Reykjavik US-Soviet summit The Politburo discusses what to do after the failure of the Reykjavik summit over Reagan's insistence on preserving the right to continue the SDI or "Star Wars" project, as well as the subsequent expulsion of Soviet diplomats from the US. In the angry, bitter meeting Gorbachev decides on the removal of 250 Soviets working in service positions at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
December 8, 1986	Proposal on the Expiration of the Unilaterial Soviet Moratorium on Nuclear Testing Proposal to resume Soviet nuclear testing following the expiration of the USSR's unilateral moratorium on nuclear detonations on 1 January 1987. The US government continued nuclear testing throughout 1986 and did not join the Soviet moratorium. Proposes to announce the resumption of testing in December 1986 following the first American test explosion in 1987.
August 5, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt of Politburo Protocol #164, 5 August 1989 On the provision of additional war supplies to Afghanistan.
November 13, 1986	CPSU CC Politburo Meeting Minutes (excerpt) CPSU CC Politburo transcript regarding attempts to find a solution to the Afghan war and bring resolution to the conflict.
January 24, 1989	CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with Attached Report of 23 January 1989 CPSU CC Politburo Decision of 24 January 1989, with attached report of 23 January 1989 regarding the various possibilities for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the continuing situation of conflict
May 13, 1989	CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with Report by Zaikov, Shevardnadze, Yazov and Kryuchkov CPSU CC Politburo Decision, with report by Zaikov, Shevardnadze, Yazov, and Kryuchkov regarding measures to bolster the government of Afghanistan and to protect Najibullah’s government from overthrow
July 22, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #163/44, 22 July 1989 The protocol deals with the further arming of Afghanistan and the training of Afghan servicemen in the USSR.