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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final 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 1988, as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990 and the only President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.

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leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931
Died 30 August 2022

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  • Cover of: Perestroika: new thinking for our country and the world
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  • Cover of: Moshchnyi faktor mirovoi politiki: vstrecha M.S. Gorbacheva s predstavitelyami mezhdunarodnoi obshchestvennosti 2 iyunya 1988 goda.

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  • Cover of: A road to the future: address by Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ... at the plenary meeting of the Forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, Wednesday, December 7, 1988
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  • Cover of: Documents and materials: report by Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee : resolutions, July 29, 1988

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  • Cover of: Narashchivatʹ prodovolʹstvennye resursy: vystuplenie na soveshchanii partiĭno-khozi︠a︡ĭstvennogo aktiva oblasteĭ Kazakhstana, kraev i oblasteĭ Sibiri i Urala, 7 senti︠a︡bri︠a︡ 1985 goda

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leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931
Died 30 August 2022

Subjects

Politics and government, Foreign relations, Perestroĭka, World politics, Economic policy, History, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, Journeys, Visits of state, Congresses, Interviews, Travel, Party work, Nuclear disarmament, Heads of state, Economic conditions, Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, Biography, Peace, Diplomatic relations, Socialism, Political and social views, Social policy, Anniversaries, Nuclear arms control

Places

Soviet Union, United States, Russia (Federation), URSS, Former Soviet republics, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Germany (West), Italy, Poland, Reykjavík, Europe, France, Germany (East), Japan, Rusia, Siberia (Russia), Ukraine, Unión Soviética, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Arctic regions, Asia

People

Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-), Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin (1870-1924), Ronald Reagan, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev (1931-), Zdeněk Mlynář, Daisaku Ikeda, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), Mikhaïl Sergueevitch Gorbatchev (1931-)

Time

1985-1991, 1985-1995, 1975-1985, 1986-1991, 1975-, 1986-, 1985-, 1991-, 1982-, 1981-1985, 1989-, 1976-, Attempted coup, 1991, 1945-1991, 1953-1985, 1992-, 1945-, 20th century, 1945-1989, 1945-1992, 1953-, 1970-, 1975- ., 1976-1985, 1981-

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Alternative names

  • Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Mikhail S. Gorbachev
  • Michail Gorbatschow

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June 8, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
June 8, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
February 13, 2011 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import