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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: For a peaceful future of Europe and of all mankind: the visit by Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Member of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, to France, October 2-5, 1985.

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  • Cover of: For the sake of preserving human civilisation: speech before the participants in the international forum "For a Nuclear-Free World, for the Survival of Humanity," Moscow, February 16, 1987

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  • Cover of: Gorbachov: an understanding of the Soviet Union through his speeches with special reference to his new rules of the Communist Party

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  • Cover of: Gorbatschow in Bonn: die Zukunft der deutsch-sowjetischen Beziehungen : Reden und Dokumente vom Staatsbesuch.

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  • Cover of: Immortal exploit of the Soviet people: speech at the commemorative meeting to mark the 40th anniversary of the Soviet people's victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, Moscow, May 8, 1985

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  • Cover of: Khampāsai læ botkhwām lư̄akfen

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  • Cover of: Khochu predosterechʹ--: M. Gorbachev v prezidentskoĭ izbiratelʹnoĭ kampanii 1996 goda

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  • Cover of: démocratisation pour un visage nouveau du socialisme: rencontre au Comité central du P.C.U.S. avec les dirigeants des mass media, des établissements idéologiques et des unions artistiques, 7 mai 1988

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  • Cover of: Leninizm--zhivoe tvorcheskoe uchenie, vernoe rukovodstvo k deĭstvii︠u︡: doklad na torzhestvennom zasedanii v Moskve, posvi︠a︡shchennom 113-ĭ godovshchine so dni︠a︡ rozhdenii︠a︡ V.I. Lenina, 22 apreli︠a︡ 1983 goda

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  • Cover of: Memoria de los años decisivos, 1985-1992

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  • Cover of: Mikhail Gorbachev, address to the 11th Congress of the SED.

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mikhail Gorbachev interviewed by Der Spiegel: October 19, 1988.

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  • Cover of: Mikhail Gorbachev interviewed by the American television company NBC

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mikhail Gorbachev's address and report on Soviet nationalities policy: an unannotated presentation by the General Secretary in 1989

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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, Interviews, Travel, Visits of state, Heads of state, Nuclear disarmament, Economic conditions, Party work, Peace, Biography, Socialism, Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, Diplomatic relations, Journeys, Nuclear arms control, Political and social views, Perestroika, Politique et gouvernement
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, Mikhaïl Sergueevitch Gorbatchev (1931-)
Time
1985-1991, 1985-1995, 1975-1985, 1986-1991, 1975-, 1982-, 1991-, 1985-, 1986-, 1981-1985, 1989-, 1976-, 1945-1991, 1953-1985, 1992-, Attempted coup, 1991, 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
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February 13, 2011 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import