Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader, dies at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Prize for helping end the nuclear arms race while presiding over the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Prize for helping end the nuclear arms race while presiding over the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91.
Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
As leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Gorbachev introduced a policy of greater transparency of government institutions and freedom of information.
Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Prize for helping end the nuclear arms race while presiding over the dissolution of the Soviet Union.