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Mikhail Gorbachev. He and Reagan signed the treaty that end the cold war. Gorbachev also famous for his reformation movement in Soviet Union (USSR), Glasnot and Perestroika, that marked the beginning of the end of USSR as a country.
Reagan poured alot of money into the US military; under Reagan, the standard US Servicemen's paycheck seemed to have tripled; as soon as he took office.President Reagan did not end the Cold War. The Soviet Union collapsed under a myriad of social, political and economic factors.
Most historical critics will agree that Ronald Reagan was the best president who had the most success during the Cold War.
Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nikita Kruscheyev, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Ronald Reagan.
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Easy example from the joke archives of the Cold war: Reagan and Gorbachev ran a race. Reagan came first, Gorbachev came second. American media reported that Reagan beat Gorbachev, showing true American competitive spirit. Soviet media reported: President Gorbachev secured a wonderful silver medal. Reagan came next-to-last. Both true. The sad on the funny, you see it too often.
In 1987, both Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, were jointly named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for their efforts to bring about change and peace in the Cold War era.
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Mikhail Gorbachev. He and Reagan signed the treaty that end the cold war. Gorbachev also famous for his reformation movement in Soviet Union (USSR), Glasnot and Perestroika, that marked the beginning of the end of USSR as a country.
Most historians would say that the cold war ended thanks to the cooperation of then-Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev with American President Ronald Reagan. Other people were also involved, but these two men were the main reason the animosity and mistrust between the Soviet Union and the United States ended.
The cold war ended happily for the US while Reagan was President.
From the autumn of 1986 through the end of his presidency in January 1989 President Reagan was in fact moving steadily closer to a working accommodation with Mr. Gorbachev, conducting a series of summit meetings and signing a major arms control agreement.
From the autumn of 1986 through the end of his presidency in January 1989 President Reagan was in fact moving steadily closer to a working accommodation with Mr. Gorbachev, conducting a series of summit meetings and signing a major arms control agreement.
Gorbachev's policies leaned toward democratizing Russia and eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The world was very fortunate that he and Reagan/Bush were able to compromise.
There are a great many candidates for that moment, but I'd like to nominate one line from one speech. "Mister Gorbachev, oepn this gate. Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1981.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned Christmas day, 1991 following the Fall of the Berlin Wall and he resigned in order to bring a democratic reform to Russia. He was said to end the Cold War."Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -Ronald Reagan