An Analysis of the Soviet-American Relations under Konstantin Chernenko, 1984–1985
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https://doi.org/10.12775/SDR.2025.2.06Keywords
USA, USSR, Ronald Reagan, Andrei Gromyko, Konstantin ChernenkoAbstract
The main goal of the study is to present the most important conditions and dependencies characterising Soviet-American relations in 1984 and 1985.
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