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Cold War Conversations with Pavel Palazhchenko
November 7, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

He was in the room when Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev made history and now he’s coming to Blytheville on Nov. 7.
Pavel Palazhchenko, the former chief English interpreter to Mikhail Gorbachev, is traveling from Moscow, Russia, to share his story at our exclusive Cold War Conversation. Join us at the historic Ritz Civic Center to hear from Palazhchenko firsthand for a closer look inside late Cold War US-Russia diplomacy at the highest level. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss.