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In Pictures: Germany's Helmut Kohl and Russia

Jun 19, 2017 - 05:30 pm

Helmut Kohl (L) and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R., Yuri Andropov (R) meet at the Kremlin in Moscow, on July 5, 1983. Heribert Proepper / AP

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (L) and Helmut Kohl pictured near the Gymnich Castle in Erftstadt, Germany, Nov. 24, 1981. Heinz Ducklau / AP

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (C) is seen with Helmut Kohl (R) on July 17, 1990, at a table in the garden of the guest house in Archiz during a break in their talks about the NATO membership of United Germany. Roberto Pfeil / AP

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (L) embraces Helmut Kohl during their meeting at Russian President's summer residence in Zavidovo, 100 kilometers north of Moscow, Sept. 3, 1995. Dima Tanin / AP

Helmut Kohl (R) and Russian President Boris Yeltsin after Yeltsin's arrival for talks at the Bonn Chancellery on June 8, 1998. Fritz Reiss / AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) with Helmut Kohl (L) at Novo-Ogaryovo, Oct. 13, 2005. Putin hosted Kohl and voiced hope for the further development of strong ties under Germany's new chancellor, Angela Merkel. Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, died on Friday at the age of 87.

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