DeathAugust 302022

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union (born 1931)

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When
Tuesday, August 30 20224 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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Mikhail Gorbachev

Who they were

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.

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