Mikhail Gorbachev: Facts & Related Content
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Also Known As | Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
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Born | March 2, 1931 • Russia |
Died | August 30, 2022 (aged 91) • Moscow • Russia |
Title / Office | president (1990-1991), Soviet Union |
Founder | Congress of People’s Deputies |
Political Affiliation | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Awards And Honors | Grammy Award (2003) • Nobel Prize (1990) |
Role In | Afghan War • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • Strategic Arms Reduction Talks • collapse of the Soviet Union • Reykjavík summit of 1986 |
Did You Know?
- Gorbachev won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2004, along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- After the August Coup of 1991, Gorbachev understood that influence and support had shifted to Boris Yeltsin.
- Gorbachev has appeared in Lous Vuitton print advertisements.
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