CRYSTAL GLOBE

A gift to Mikhail Gorbachev from the American International

Hotel Corporation “Radisson”, 1990

This 55cm-high crystal globe is a reminder of the official visit of the Gorbachev

couple to the US. This gift marks the near end of the Cold War, in 1990. This is

one of the first corporate gifts to Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only president

of the Soviet Union, who took efforts to improve relations with the Western world.

The official programme of the visit of the USSR president included

a meeting with the businesspeople from the Mid-West and a

visit to the state of Minnesota. The meeting with the American

gricultural executives took place at the “Radisson” corporation

hotel, which has its headquarters in the largest Minnesota city

of Minneapolis.

Mikhail Gorbachev after taking the oath, in connection with his election as President of the USSR,.

speaks. Moscow 15.03.1990

The crystal globe was a ceremonial gift

from the “global” Radisson chain,

running operations around the world as

well as in our country.

Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel

Business card from the Radisson hotels Corporation

with destenay says “to the President and Mrs. Gorbacheva"

The inscription on the gift reads, “To President and Mrs Gorbachev

in the memory of your historic meeting with the leaders of Minnesota

of Minnesota in an effort to establish our Soviet American

partnership.”

In the collection of our museum there are two more press-weight

globes presented to Gorbachev in the US.

Paperweight Globes - gifts to Gorbachev