Soviet Union

1991: Bloodshed at Lithuanian TV station. Video, 00:02:06
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BBC
Posted
5 July
Witness History. Georgia’s political crisis. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1991, the newly independent country found itself on the verge of a civil war
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BBC World Service
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1979: The World at One - Andrew Boyle. Audio, 00:07:08
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BBC
Posted
1 July
1956: Journalist meets 'Cambridge spies' in Moscow. Video, 00:00:50
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BBC
Posted
1 July
1979: State Security. Audio, 00:07:01
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BBC
Posted
27 June
1991: Soviet hardliners stage Gorbachev coup. Video, 00:08:49
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BBC
Posted
25 June
1983: Reagan launches Cold War into space. Video, 00:03:18
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BBC
Posted
24 June
1963: Radio Newsreel - The Kennedy Brothers Visit Berlin. Audio, 00:03:24
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BBC
Posted
21 June
1942: Sir Stafford Cripps. Audio, 00:06:55
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BBC
Posted
18 June
Sporting Witness. The last great days of the Soviet Union. Audio, 11 minutes
In 1988, the Soviet Union made it to the final of Euro '88
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BBC World Service
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1986: Soviets launch space station Mir Video, 00:02:03
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BBC
Posted
13 June
1989: Malta summit ends Cold War. Video, 00:02:53
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BBC
Posted
7 June
1961: Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. Video, 00:01:13
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BBC
Posted
3 June
1942: News Postscript - Rt Hon Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Audio, 00:07:49
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BBC
Posted
30 May
1991: Gorbachev resigns as Soviet Union breaks up. Video, 00:02:15
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BBC
Posted
30 May
1941: Anglo-Soviet Agreement. Audio, 00:01:48
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BBC
Posted
29 May
2007: Churchill's secretary returns to the war rooms. Video, 00:05:52
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BBC
Posted
22 May
1987: Superpower treaty to scrap warheads. Video, 00:02:09
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BBC
Posted
20 May
2002: Cuban Missile Crisis - From Our Own Correspondent. Audio, 00:11:14
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BBC
Posted
16 May
1962: Cuba Day - Senator Mansfield in Washington. Panorama. Video, 00:07:53
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BBC
Posted
15 May
1990: Outlook - The 'Fifth Man' Audio, 00:10:37
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BBC
Posted
13 May
1970: PM - Donald Maclean. Audio, 00:03:47
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BBC
Posted
9 May
1948: Berlin: Soviet Blockade. Audio, 00:03:27
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BBC
Posted
8 May
Witness History. The founding of Nato. Audio, 9 minutes
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
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BBC World Service
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