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June 8, 2023 | History

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.

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

Born 2 March 1931
Died 30 August 2022

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  • Cover of: Moralʹnye uroki XX veka: dialogi

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  • Cover of: On major directions of the USSR's domestic and foreign policy: report by the President of the USSR Supreme Soviet, May 30, 1989

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  • Cover of: Visit of Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, President of the USSR Supreme Soviet, to France, July 4-6, 1989: documents and materials

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  • Cover of: Meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush in Malta, December 2-3 1989: documents and materials.

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  • Cover of: Visit of Mikhail Gorbachev to Canada, May 29-30, 1990: documents and materials.

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  • Cover of: Political report of the CPSU Central Committee to the 27th Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union, February 25, 1986

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  • Cover of: Kūditā-yi Ūt: ḥaqāyiq va darsʹhā

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  • Cover of: Monitoring regionalʹnykh izbiratelʹnykh kampaniĭ 11 marta 2007 goda: Respublika Dagestan, Respublika Komi, Stavropolʹskiĭ kraĭ, Vologodskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Leningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Moskovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Omskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Orlovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Pskovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Samarskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Tomskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Ti︠u︡menskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Sankt-Peterburg

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  • Cover of: Sobranie sochineniĭ

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  • Cover of: Perestroika
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  • Cover of: Gorbachev: Mandate For Peace

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  • Cover of: Time for action, time for practical work: speech by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in Krasnoyarsk, September 16, 1988

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  • Cover of: October and perestroika: the revolution continues

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  • Cover of: Perabudova i novae myslenne dli︠a︡ nashaĭ krainy i dli︠a︡ usi︠a︡ho svetu

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  • Cover of: Vystuplenie General'nogo sekretaria TsK KPSS M.S. Gorbacheva na torzhestvennom otkrytii XII Vsemirnogo festivalia molodezhi i studentov

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  • Cover of: Statement by Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, January 15, 1986

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  • Cover of: Otvety amerikanskomu zhurnalu "Taĭm": 28 avgusta 1985 goda

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  • Cover of: Aufbruch ins Jahr 2000: der sowjetische Abrüstungsplan, die innere Reform der Sowjetunion und Westeuropa

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  • Cover of: Moratoriĭ: sbornik recheĭ i vystupleniĭ General'nogo sekretarii︠a︡ TSK KPSS po probleme prekrashchenii︠a︡ i︠a︡dernykh ispytaniĭ, (i︠a︡nvar'--senti︠a︡br' 1986 goda)

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  • Cover of: Otvety na voprosy gazety "I︠U︡manite": 4 fevrali︠a︡ 1986 goda

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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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