Gorbachev Hailed for Fall of Berlin Wall. November 9, 2009 / 11:39 AM EST / CBS/AP Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border on Monday ...

The Berlin Wall served as the symbol of a Europe divided by communist East and democratic West. In The End, Fall Of Berlin Wall Was Gorbachev's Call. November 8, 2009 12:00 AM ET. By .

On this day in 1987, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the wall that divided Communist East Germany from the western enclave in Berlin.

BERLIN–Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday had strong words for the United States and its allies over growing tension between Moscow and the West, a development he believes has put the world &#8220… ...

The Berlin Wall was simply being circumvented. And at every juncture Gorbachev signalled he had no objection to what was happening. Then came East Germany’s turn, and this time Gorbachev himself ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border today to cheers of “Gorby! Gorby!” as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the ...

BERLIN – Former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev says the collapse of the Berlin Wall demonstrates how important good relations between Germany and Russia are for the entire world. Gorbachev ...

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is pictured during his "tear down this wall" speech in West Berlin, Germany, on June 12, 1987. The speech resurfaced on Tuesday with news of the death of former ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, ... 1989, where Soviet Union leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev attended a reception.

On that day, Reagan stood 100 yards away from the concrete wall dividing East and West Berlin, challenging the Russian-born Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev by saying, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down ...

My tour was extended, and the pressure for glasnost continued to build on the inflexible, aging regime in East Berlin. In 1989, Gorbachev publicly stated that the Soviets would not intervene in ...

100 days in 1989, exploring the days and actions surrounding the Fall of the Wall. November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall, was knocked down ...