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Armament

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1954–1987Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1954

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev1954

Government / Government of Russia

Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala

1955

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev1955

Government / Government of Russia

Russia provides major military support to Egypt

1983

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov24 November 1983

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Russia to increase sub missiles in response to US missiles in Europe

1985

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev7 April 1985

Government / Government of Russia

Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles

1987

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev14 April 1987

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Proposes cuts to the US by offering to remove short range missiles from Eastern Europe

Names involved

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevNikita Sergeyevich KhruschevYuri Vladimirovich Andropov

Provenance

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