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October 18, 2011, Translator: Pavel Palazhchenko.
Harry Middleton Lecture, Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 6:00 p.m., LBJ Auditorium
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and the man credited with ending the cold war, spoke with Library Director Mark Updegrove in the LBJ Auditorium. Gorbachev discussed his efforts at reform, his relationships with U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, current relations between Russia and the United States, trouble spots in the world, and his hopes for the future.
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Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
George Bush Presidential Library & Museum
White House photo by Pete Souza
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Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev urged the United States to pull out of Afghanistan and work with Russia and other countries to create a new world order in a lecture at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Tuesday night.
The Daily TexanAfter developing nerves of steel, ordering down the Berlin Wall, winning a Nobel Peace Prize, and serving decades as Russia’s elder statesman, Mikhail Gorbachev retains a remarkable thing: a rich sense of humor. The roughly 1,000 people who filled the LBJ Library auditorium Tuesday night were treated not only to deep geopolitical analysis, but also to jokes.
The AlcaldeFormer President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev speaks with Library Director Mark Updegrove at LBJ Auditorium.
The HornIn front of an expectant audience, Mikhail Gorbachev participated in a public interview in the Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium on Tuesday with his handy, fast-paced Russian translator by his side.
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