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14 results found for '"CIS countries"' in Keywords.
Break up of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male on the situation in the Soviet Union. On the instability following the break up of the union; NATO concern over control of the Soviet nuclear and chemical arsenal and...
Mikhail Gorbachev’s reign (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
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...
Douglas Hogg on USSR and Baltic States (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Douglas Hogg on the break up of the Soviet Union, and the relationship Britain has with the Baltic States who are struggling for independence and where he is due to visit....
USSR declared dead by main republics (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Press conference; Interview
8.00am IRN news bulletin for 09/12/91 read by Sarah Lockett focusing on the official breakup of the Soviet Union after being declared dead by the three republics which contain three-quarters of its people....
Signing of agreement ending Soviet Union and creating CIS (1991)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report
Clayre Gribben reads the 1 o’clock news with Andrew Harding reporting from Moscow on the signing by eleven Soviet republics in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan of an agreement declaring an official end to the Soviet...
Mikhail Gorbachev resignation announcement (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
President Mikhail Gorbachev announcing and giving reasons for his resignation (part of his resignation speech), with the voice of an interpreter, as the Soviet Union breaks up and is replaced by the...
John Major on political legacy of Gorbachev (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK Prime Minister John Major press conference on the political legacy of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, who is expected to resign later today, in making the world a safer place and leaving the Soviet...
Neil Kinnock on resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock paying tribute to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev following his resignation, and arguing the West must now secure the stability of the new Commonwealth of Independent...
Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today, following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush states the US applauds and supports the choice...
Bush televised address after Mikhail Gorbachev resignation (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract from US President George H. W. Bush’s televised address from the White House today, following Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation. Bush pays tribute to Gorbachev for establishing the...