# SALT I and détente (1972)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1972-salt-i-and-detente
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Brezhnev and Richard Nixon signed the SALT I interim agreement and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow on 26 May 1972. In September the Soviet ice hockey team played Canada in the Summit Series. Trade and cultural exchanges expanded. SALT I was the first agreement limiting the nuclear arms race.

## Why it matters
SALT I was the first agreement limiting the nuclear arms race.

Ruler at the time: [Leonid Brezhnev](https://history-russia.com/rulers/leonid-brezhnev)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks)
- [Wikipedia — Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty)
- [Wikipedia — Era of Stagnation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — SALT I and détente](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=SALT+I+and+d%C3%A9tente)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)