Gorbachev awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1990 · Event
The Norwegian committee honours his part in ending the Cold War — acclaimed abroad as the Soviet economy and his popularity at home collapse.
On these timelines: Cold War, Fall of the Soviet Union, Master, Russia & the USSR
More from Cold War
- Solidarity movement in Poland (1980)
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (1989)
- Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)
- Helsinki Accords (1975)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Long Telegram (1946)
- Iron Curtain speech (1946)
Around 1990
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)