Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, has died at 91, according to Russian media reports.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, has died at 91, according to Russian media reports, Gorbachev died after a prolonged and severe illness; No other details were immediately available
As the final leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire, but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War. Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
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