The “Last Epidemic”: USSR and “International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War” in the first half of the 1980s
N. Yu. Pivovarov, N. P. Shok.
The paper analyzes the history of Soviet initiatives within the movement “International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War” (IPPNW) in the first half of the 1980s. Drawing on documents from the Russian State Archive of Modern History and periodicals, the authors state that the emergence of this movement was connected with the settlement of relations between the USSR and the USA in the field of disarmament, particularly with the signing of the SALT-1 Treaty in 1972.