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An Illustrated Guide to U.S. - Russian Historic Encounters

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (L), U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (C) and Britain's Winston Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Union's Embassy during the Tehran Conference in November 1943. U.S. Army
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with their wives at a state dinner during the the Soviet Leader's visit to US in 1959. Wikicommons
U.S. President John F. Kennedy (R) and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev shake hands during their meeting in Vienna, Austria, June 1961. National Archives and Records Administration
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon. The Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. President Gerald Ford (C) and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev after signing the Joint Communique on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, Nov.24, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
U.S. President Ronald Reagan (L) meets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Switzerland, Nov. 20, 1985. Presidential Library and Museum
The U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Predident Mikhail Gorbachev hold a press conference at the Helsinki Summit, Finland, on Sept. 9, 1990. George Bush Presidential Library
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (R) and U.S. President George H. W. Bush arrive at the White House, Washington, 1992. Alexander Sentsov / Alexandra Chumicheva / TASS
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his U.S. counterpart Bill Clinton seen speaking during the negotiations, Moscow, June 4, 2000. Sergei Velichkin / Vladimir Rodionov / TASS
U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands at a working session of the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations in Japan, July 8, 2008. Dmitry Astakhov / TASS

Ahead of U.S. President Trump's hotly anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg Friday, The Moscow Times presents an illustrated history of historic meetings between U.S. and Russian leaders.

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