Please check back often as this is regularly updated. 1  Rim Exit Devices. 2  Rim Device: This type is used on single doors or pairs of doors that have a vertical mullion (either removable or fixed) in between the doors. The strike plate is surface mounted on the frame (or mullion).
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He brought about massive economic, social, and political changes and helped bring an end to both the Soviet Union and the Cold War.
1956-1964 following Stalin's death; successor Khrushchev gave a speech to the communist party in which he criticized Stalin and revealed many of his horrible actions; shocks Soviets at first but led to a brief thawing of the Cold War.