The history of the Soviet Union from 1982 through 1991 spans the period from the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's death until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Due to the years of Soviet military bu
The Belovezha Accords were signed on 8 December 1991, dissolving the Soviet Union.
Yuri Andropov
A photograph of Korean Air Lines HL7442, the airliner shot down by Soviet aircraft after drifting into prohibited airspace during the KAL 007 Flight.
Konstantin Chernenko
Eduard Shevardnadze
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Eduard Ambrosis dze Shevardnadze was a Soviet and Georgian politician and diplomat who governed Georgia for several non-consecutive periods from 1972 until his resignation in 2003 and also served as t
Shevardnadze in 1997
Shevardnadze at the Reykjavik Summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, with Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jack Matlock, and George Shultz, 10 November 1986
Eduard Shevardnadze meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev, and Armenian president Robert Kocharyan on 20 June 2000
Banners on the Parliament of Georgia saying: "Georgia without Shevardnadze", "Poti is with you"