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.
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
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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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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
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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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Politics and government, Foreign relations, World politics, Economic policy, Perestroĭka, History, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, Congresses, Visits of state, Interviews, Travel, Party work, Heads of state, Nuclear disarmament, Economic conditions, Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, Peace, Biography, Diplomatic relations, Socialism, Political and social views, Journeys, Nuclear arms control, Communism, PerestroikaPlaces
Soviet Union, United States, Russia (Federation), URSS, Former Soviet republics, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Reykjavík, Europe, France, Germany, Germany (East), Italy, Japan, Rusia, Siberia (Russia), Ukraine, Unión Soviética, Afghanistan, Arctic regions, Asia, Chernobylʹ, Communist countries, EstoniaPeople
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-), Mikhaïl Gorbatchev (1931-), Ronald Reagan, Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin (1870-1924), Zdeněk Mlynář, Daisaku Ikeda, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (1931-2022), Mikhaïl Sergueevitch Gorbatchev (1931-)Time
1985-1991, 1985-1995, 1975-1985, 1986-1991, 1975-, 1991-, 1982-, 1985-, 1986-, 1989-, 1981-1985, 1976-, 1945-1991, 1953-1985, 1992-, Attempted coup, 1991, 1945-, 1945-1989, 1945-1992, 1953-, 1970-, 1975- ., 1976-1985, 1981-, 1981-1989ID Numbers
- OLID: OL26360A
- ISNI: 0000000120966951
- VIAF: 97859168
- Wikidata: Q30487
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q30487
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Alternative names
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mikhail S. Gorbachev
- Michail Gorbatschow
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June 8, 2023 | Edited by Сергей Малышев | Added new photo |
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February 13, 2011 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |