Mikhail Gorbachev died

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Mikhail Gorbachev died

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August 31, 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev died — epa10148337 (FILE) - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks during the second day of the extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet in Moscow, Russia, USSR, 27 August 1991(reissued 30 August 2022). According to a Moscow Central Clinical Hospital statement, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. As a supporter of the de-Stalinization programs of his predecessor Nikita Khrushchev, Gorbachev initiated numerous reforms during his tenure. He signed a nuclear arms treaty with the United States and withdrew the Soviet Union from the Soviet-Afghan war. His policies created freedom of speech and press, and decentralized fiscal policy planning and execution to increase efficiency. Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, overseeing Russia’s transition from one party rule to fragile democracy. EPA-EFE/ALAIN-PIERRE HOVASSE

Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was the political leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

His attempt at reform led to the end of the Cold War, but it also led to the end of the supreme political power of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.

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