A Trident-II Missile during a test launch. This group of missiles was the cause of a number of protests against the Bangor Submarine Base during the 1970s and 1980s.
A picture of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. The last Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev oversaw the implementation of glasnost and perestroika, as well as the challenges and final decline of Soviet power. His resignation marked…