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1985 Reagan–Gorbachev meeting at the Geneva Summit in Switzerland. Suzanne Massie, an American scholar, met with Ronald Reagan many times between 1984 and 1987 while he was President of the United States. [1] She taught him the Russian proverb doveryai, no proveryai (доверяй, но проверяй) meaning 'trust, but verify'. She ...
She also asked Reagan to learn the now famous Russian phrase "Doveryai, no proveryai", which translates as "Trust, but verify". Her importance in contributing to Reagan's understanding of the Russian people, assisting in reaching a peaceful end to the Cold War , was described in detail in a number of documentary films.
Following the near-breakthrough of the previous year's Reykjavik Summit, and much to the chagrin of many supporters of both leaders, Reagan and Gorbachev began putting resources into INF Treaty negotiations. [1] This, in addition to various troubles foreign and domestic in both countries led to a tense time preceding the Washington Summit.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was saluted Wednesday as a rare leader who changed the ...
Credited as the man most responsible for the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev was beloved and loathed in equal measure. Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Leader Of The USSR, Dies At 91 Skip to main content
The former French consulate and British embassy, called Höfði, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986.. The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986. [1]
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet leader who knocked down the walls between East and West, dies at 91.
Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev decided to withdraw from Afghanistan a year before the Mujahideen fired their first Stinger missiles; Gorbachev was motivated by U.S. sanctions, not military losses. The Stingers did make an impact at first but within a few months flares, beacons, and exhaust baffles were installed to disorient the ...