Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika
Overview of Gorbachev's reform efforts, including an interview with the former Soviet premier.
Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum/National Archives and Records Administration
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Universal Newsreel/Internet Moving Images Archive (at archive.org)“Summit Crisis,” a newsreel about the U-2 Incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Vladimir Kosov (CC BY-SA 4.0)The Soviet sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945, one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Yurii Zushchyk/stock.adobe.comOverview of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Dance60/Dreamstime.com; © Konstantin Gushcha/Dreamstime.comLearn how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union unleashed forces that ended the Cold War.
