The story of Mikhail Gorbachev
Last leader of the Soviet Union: Communist Party General Secretary from 1985, President of the USSR 1990–1991.
2 Mar 1931 – 30 Aug 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev. Last leader of the Soviet Union: Communist Party General Secretary from 1985, President of the USSR 1990–1991.
1985
1985–1991: Mikhail Gorbachev leads glasnost.
Mikhail Gorbachev leads perestroika.
Records from opposing sides both confirm this.
Mar 1985 – Aug 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev, head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Secretary of the Communist Party.
1990 – 25 Dec 1991
Mikhail Gorbachev, head of the Soviet Union. President of the USSR.
Records from opposing sides both confirm this.
Mikhail Gorbachev, involved in the August 1991 coup attempt and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev influenced the fall of the Berlin Wall.
According to the United States government.
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