Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Leader Of The USSR, Dies At 91, Russian Media Reports
Credited as the man most responsible for the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev was beloved and loathed in equal measure.
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Credited as the man most responsible for the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev was beloved and loathed in equal measure.
Before Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States
Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91.His office said earlier that he was undergoing treatment.
His death was announced by multiple Russian news agencies on Tuesday evening, citing officials at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.
LONDON (Reuters) - Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.