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Mikhail Gorbachev Biography and Timeline

Follow Mikhail Gorbachev through 2 dated historical records for Russia.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, historical timeline

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1985

6 August 1985

Soviet Nuclear Testing Moratorium

Soviet Leader · General Secretary Communist Party · Soviet Union · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

Announces a unilateral Soviet moratorium on nuclear testing.

Role range: 1985-1991

1991

5 October 1991

Soviet Reciprocal Nuclear Initiatives

Soviet Leader · General Secretary Communist Party · Moscow · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

Announces reciprocal Soviet reductions and changes to tactical nuclear forces following the United States initiative.

Role range: 1985-1991

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