Cold War

map The countries affected by the cold war

• By the time Gorbachev rose to power in 1985 the Russian’s suffered from an economic growth rate close to power no percent. • Mikhail Gorbachev served as leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991. He is world-renowned and admired for streamlining and decentralizing the oppressive system he inherited. President Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

• Ronald Reagan won presidency in 1980, at the height of the Cold War. During Reagan’s first term in office, the world witnessed further deterioration of relations between West and East, escalating arms race and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan

One of the summit’s The first summit was held in Geneva Switzerland. Reagan and Gorbachev decided to met privately and came up with a proposal to reduce each countries nuclear weapons by 50%

What the Berlin Wall looked like before it was pulled down on the th 12 June 1987

Freedom, All working together for one country.

Malta Conference declaration of long lasting peaceful era