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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: A powerful factor in world politics: a meeting with representatives of the world public, Moscow, June 2, 1988

    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nashi obshchie problemy vmeste i reshatʹ: sbornik materialov o poezdke M.S. Gorbacheva v Litovskui͡u︡ SSR, 11-13 i͡a︡nvari͡a︡ 1990 goda.

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  • Cover of: Ob osnovnykh napravlenii͡a︡kh vnutrenneĭ i vneshneĭ politiki SSSR: doklad na Sʺezde narodnykh deputatov SSSR, 30 mai͡a︡ 1989 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, 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