LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Mikhail Gorbachev’s reign

Genre

News report; Speech; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:06:22

Description

Report following the break up of the Soviet Union on the reign of its President Mikhail Gorbachev who influenced world history through his reforms of glasnost and perestroika and disarmament. Includes archive clips of then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Gorbachev; signing of arms treaty with Gorbachev speaking in Russian and US President Ronald Reagan; report as Berlin Wall falls; Prime Minister John Major on challenges facing USSR and attempted coup; Gorbachev (through interpreter) thanking Russian President Boris Yeltsin after the coup; crowds cheering Yeltsin. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Ronald Reagan; John Major; Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

Revolutions; Treaties; USSR; Political reform; Nuclear weapons; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Presidents; Politicians; Boris Yeltsin; Mikhail Gorbachev; Democratization; Glasnost; Berlin Wall; CIS countries

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