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  1. On This Day October 11 1986 - Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Met in Iceland to Discuss Scaling Back IRBM Arsenals in Europe

    On This Day October 11 1986 - Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Met in Iceland to Discuss Scaling Back IRBM Arsenals in Europe

    On this day October 11 1986, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a historic summit aimed at reducing intermediate range nuclear missiles in Europe. Although the meeting ended without a formal agreement, it marked a significant step...
  2. On This Day: May 29, 1988 - President Ronald Reagan Arrives in Moscow

    On This Day: May 29, 1988 - President Ronald Reagan Arrives in Moscow

    On this day May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan arrived in Moscow for his first official visit to the Soviet Union. The trip marked a major moment in the final years of the Cold War, as Reagan met with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to continue diplomatic efforts that had begun to ease...
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  3. On This Day: March 11 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev Became the Leader of the Soviet Union

    On This Day: March 11 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev Became the Leader of the Soviet Union

    On this day March 11 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making him the country's de facto leader. Gorbachev would go on to introduce major reforms including glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) which aimed to modernize...
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