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t. e. On 30 August 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died after a long illness at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in Russia. Gorbachev was the last living Soviet leader following the death of Georgy Malenkov in 1988, was the only one to have been born during the Soviet Union's ...
t. e. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev [f] [g] (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. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in ...
Aug 30, 2022 · With the death of Mr. Chernenko on March 10, 1985, Mr. Gorbachev, who had been substituting for the ailing leader, moved to disarm the opposition and take power.
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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 that was treating 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 Soviet ...
Aug 30, 2022 · Tributes poured in Tuesday from world leaders after news of Gorbachev's death. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Red Square during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Nov. 7, 1989. Boris ...
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Aug 31, 2022 · Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet leader who knocked down the walls between East and West, dies at 91. ... When he was elected general secretary after Chernenko’s death March 10, 1985, international ...
