Joseph Stalin6 November 1945
The USSR announces that it will make its own atomic bomb
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The USSR announces that it will make its own atomic bomb
Soviet scientists achieve their first nuclear chain reaction
Helps invent the hydrogen bomb
Leads Russia successful campaign to test its own atomic bomb
Russia successfully tests the atomic bomb
Announces Russia possesses the atomic bomb
Agrees with the USA to resume negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons
Sends a letter to the US saying Star Wars will escalate the arms race
Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles
Announces the suspension of the deployment of SS-20 missiles in Europe
Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the USA agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets Reagan to discuss arms control
Russia & the USA agree "nuclear war cannot be won"
Announces a 15 yr timetable for the abolition of all nuclear weapons
Reporting restrictions are restored, only Tass bulletins are published
Speaks on Russian TV because radiation levels can be measured in the west
Proposes a separate agreement on abolition of medium range nuclear missiles in Europe. Drops his insistence on the curtailment of the US SDI program
Proposes removing Russias short range missiles from Eastern Europe
The US & Russia agree to arms control after 9 years of negotiatons
Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
Announces nuclear cuts
Clinton and Putin agree to each dispose 34 metric tons of weapons-grade nuclear plutonium and to establish a military centre in Moscow for US and Russian officers to share early warning data on missile and space launches
Putin proposes a Moscow-based early warning centre for nuclear missile launches around the world
Jiang Zemin and Putin denounce the US proposed missile defense program as a violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty, they also vow to strengthen a strategic partnership between their countries
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