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=== March 11, 1985 ===
 
=== March 11, 1985 ===
 
[[File:20thmarch11.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left]]
 
[[File:20thmarch11.jpg|400px|thumbnail|left]]
The Western world welcomes the election of [[Gorbachev, Mikhail|Mikhail Gorbachev]] as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The 1990 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner succeeds Konstatin Chernenko and applies his policies of [[Glasnost]] and Perestroika. Gorbachev's leadership eventually contributes to the conclusion of the [[Cold War]].
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The Western world welcomes the election of [[Gorbachev, Mikhail|Mikhail Gorbachev]] as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The 1990 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner succeeds Konstatin Chernenko and applies his policies of [[Glasnost]] and [[Perestroika]]. Gorbachev's leadership eventually contributes to the conclusion of the [[Cold War]].
 
[[Category:20th Anniversary of German Reunification]]
 
[[Category:20th Anniversary of German Reunification]]

Latest revision as of 09:42, 1 April 2014

March 11, 1985[edit]

20thmarch11.jpg

The Western world welcomes the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner succeeds Konstatin Chernenko and applies his policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. Gorbachev's leadership eventually contributes to the conclusion of the Cold War.