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Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
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1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR
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City in Switzerland
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President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
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Country in Eurasia (1922–1991)
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Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991
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Geneva Summit (1985)
Meeting of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
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