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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
May 27, 2024 · Mikhail Gorbachev (born March 2, 1931, Privolnoye, Stavropol kray, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died August 30, 2022, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet official, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91.
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that transformed the map of Europe and ended the Cold War that had threatened the...
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. He presided over the dissolution of a Soviet Union that had existed for nearly 70 years and had dominated...
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 and introduced reforms, as well as opening up the...
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the then-Soviet Union and a reformer who helped end the Cold War and lead his country from communism to capitalism, died Tuesday at 91,...
Aug 31, 2022 · Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died aged 91 - with Joe Biden leading tributes and calling him "a man of remarkable vision" who helped avert the prospect of nuclear war.
Sep 3, 2022 · Thousands of people in Russia have paid their final respects to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end.
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 – has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news...
Apr 2, 2014 · Mikhail Gorbachev was the first president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his leadership role in ending the Cold War and promoting ...
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War and was the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies reported, citing medical sources.
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. The Nobel Peace Prize 1990. Born: 2 March 1931, Privolnoye, USSR (now Russia) Died: 30 August 2022, Moscow, Russia. Residence at the time of the award: USSR (now Russia) Role: President of USSR. Prize motivation: “for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations” Prize share: 1/1.
1991: August, abortive coup of hardliners, resigns as General Secretary of CPSU, dissolves Central Committee. 1991: December 25, resigns as President when Soviet Union disintegrates. 1992: Head of Foundation for Social, Economic and Political Research, think-tank founded after August coup.
Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.
Aug 30, 2022 · President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Wednesday called Mikhail S. Gorbachev “a politician and statesman who had a huge impact on the course of world history,” offering a conciliatory message...
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was one of the most talked about people in the world. Here are some memorable quotes about him.
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev took power in 1985 and introduced reforms, as well as opening up the...
Aug 30, 2022 · The last Soviet leader, Mikahil Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91. Mr Gorbachev came into power in 1985 and was recognised for opening up the USSR and for his rapprochement with the West,...
Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at 91. He waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War.
Aug 30, 2022 · Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, died Tuesday at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death, citing the hospital...
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to...
On 30 August 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader and president of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died after a long illness at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in Russia.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union and a key figure in the end of the Cold War. Learn more about his life, achievements, and role in the Wilson Center Digital Archive, a collection of historical documents and resources on international affairs.
Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at a news conference after a Soviet-American summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1986. Mikhail Gorbachev became the new leader of the Soviet Communist Party in March 1985. Within three years, he launched sweeping political and economic reforms, relaxing censorship, decentralizing the economy, and democratizing the political system.
6 days ago · Item 1 of 2 File photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the White House, on December 8 1987.
5 days ago · In that era, Mikhail Suslov, a Kremlin ideologist, ... Both novels were published in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s as freedom of speech expanded under Mikhail Gorbachev.
1 day ago · he said. The so called "nozhki Busha", or "Bush legs", were supplied to Russia after a deal between Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush.
Jul 14, 2024 · It’s possible that what he and Mikhail Gorbachev achieved might not have happened had he not been shot. That’s the other part of being reminded of your fragility as a human being: ...
5 days ago · We're pausing our live coverage. That's all for our live updates on the war in Ukraine for today. We'll be back tomorrow with all the latest. In the meantime, here's a reminder of today's key ...
