Superpower Summits 1955-1995
Take a look back at the major players in the Cold War and post-Cold War summits with original Post articles and photos culled from our archives.

'50s

'60s

'70s

'80s

'90s


'50s

Eisenhower and Khrushchev

   1959--Wash., D.C.
      (Sept. 15, 26-27)
1961

Kennedy and Khrushchev

    1961--Vienna
       (June 3-4)

Nixon and Brezhnev
  1972--Moscow
    (May 22-30)
  1973--Wash., D.C.
    (June 18-25)
  1974--Moscow
    (June 28-July 3)

Ford and Brezhnev
  1974-- Vladivostok
    (Nov. 23-24)
Carter and Brezhnev
     1979--Vienna
         (June 15-18)
1985-1989
Reagan and Gorbachev

    1985--Geneva
       (Nov. 19-21)
     1986--Reykjavik
       (Oct. 10-12)
     1987--Wash., D.C.
       (Dec. 7-10)
     1988--Moscow
       (May 29-June1)

Bush and Gorbachev

     1989--Malta
       (Dec. 2-3)
1990, 1993-95
Bush and Gorbachev

    1990--Wash., D.C.
       (May 30-June 3)
     1990--Helsinki
       (Sept. 9)
     1992--Wash., D.C.
       (June 17)

Clinton and Yeltsin

     1993--Vancouver
       (April 13-15)
     1994--Moscow
       (Jan. 13-15)
     1995--Moscow
       (May 10)
     1995--New York
       (Oct. 23)


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