Советский Союз и Берлинский кризис. 1958–1963 гг.
The Soviet Union and the Berlin Crisis, 1958–1963

Summary/Abstract: Many serious international crises happen during the Cold war in the core of confrontation between East and West Europe – Berlin. The article deals with the main problems related to the Soviet Union’s and western policies in regard to Western Berlin during the crisis of 1958–1963. The causes and motives of N. Khrushchev’s actions, which lead to the beginning of the Berlin crisis in 1958, are explained and also the positions of the four great powers (USSR, USA, United Kingdom and France), GDR and FRG during the meeting in Geneva between the six ministers of foreign affairs in 1959, the reinforcement of the border between East and West Berlin, the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the course and the ending of the Berlin crisis are analyzed. The article is based on a wide range of sources, including documents from the Russian Federation Foreign Policy Archive, some of which have been never used in research publications before.

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