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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: For a nuclear-free world: speeches and statements by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee on nuclear disarmament problems, January 1986-January 1987

    First published in 1987 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: October and perestroika: the revolution continues

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    First published in 1988 — 3 editions
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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

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Documents and materials: report and speeches by Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee : resolutions

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  • Cover of: Korennoĭ vopros ėkonomicheskoĭ politiki partii: doklad na soveshchanii v T︠S︡K KPSS po voprosam uskorenii︠a︡ nauchno-tekhnicheskogo progressa, 11 ii︠u︡ni︠a︡, 1985 goda

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  • Cover of: Okti︠a︡brʹ i perestroĭka: revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡ prodolzhaetsi︠a︡ : doklad na sovemestnom torzhestvennom zasedanii T︠S︡entralʹnogo Komiteta KPSS, Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR i Verkhovnogo Soveta RSFSR, posvi︠a︡shchennom 70-letii︠u︡ Velikoĭ Okti︠a︡brʹskoĭ sot︠s︡ialisticheskoĭ revoli︠u︡y︠ts︡ii, v Kremlevskom Dvort︠s︡e sʺezdov 2 noi︠a︡bri︠a︡ 1987 goda

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: ideology of renewal for revolutionary restructuring: the speech made by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee at the Plenary Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee, February 18, 1988

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  • Cover of: On Lenin: speech by Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the USSR and General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, at a meeting to mark the 120th anniversary of Lenin's birth, April 20, 1990

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Vizit M.S. Gorbacheva v SShA, 2-15 mai︠a︡ 1992 goda

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Photo of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931
Died 30 August 2022

Subjects

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, Perestroika

Places

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, Estonia

People

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-, Attempted coup, 1991, 1945-1991, 1953-1985, 1992-, 1945-, 1945-1989, 1945-1992, 1953-, 1970-, 1975- ., 1976-1985, 1981-, 1981-1989

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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