Mikhail Gorbachev

Data:

Name: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Mijaíl Serguéyevich Gorbachov (Spanish)
Михаи́ л Серге́евич Горбачёв (Russian)

Nickname  Gorby
 The Marked One
 Man of peace

Gender Male

Born March 2 of 1931 Stávropol,

Soviet Union (Unión Soviética)

Death August 30 of 2022  Age: 91 years

Relatives  Father: Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev (Russian)

 Mother: Maria Panteleyevna Gorbachev (Orthodox Christian Ukrainian)
 Wife: Raisa Gorbachev (marriage. 1953; died in 1999)
o Raisa Titorenko (Single name)
 Daughter: Irina Mijáilovna Virgánskaya (1957)

Religion Atheist

Ethnicity White

Education  Doctor of Science  Moscow State University

 Moscow State University Faculty of Law (until 1955)
 Stavropol State Agrarian University (until 1967)

Profession  Politician

Main charges
 General Secretary for Central Committee of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union  March 11 of 1985 to August 24 of 1991

 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

 October 1 of 1988 to May 25 of 1989

 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

 May 25 of 1989 to March 15 of 1990

 President of the Soviet Union  March 15 of 1990 to December 25 of

1991
  Leader of the Union of Social Democrats  March 11 of 2000 to
November 15 of 2017

 Founder of Gorbachev Foundation  The International Foundation

for Socio-Economic and Political Studies  1991

Website www.gorby.ru

Signature

Special  Last Leader of Soviet Union

Achievements  Nobel Peace Prize in 1990
 Won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2004,
along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton
 Gorbachev has received many awards for his work including the St. Andrew
Award from Russia, the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, the Indira Gandhi
Prize

Biography:

Mikhail Gorbachev was born on 2nd March 1931 in Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai to Sergey
Andreyevich Gorbachev and Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva in a poor peasant family of
Russian and Ukrainian heritage.

His birth name was Viktor, but his grandfather renamed him, Mikhail. After that he was known
as Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. In his growing-up days, Russia was under the rule of Joseph
Stalin, who belonged to the communist party.

He joined the Communist party, and the Communist party was ruling the Soviet Union at that
time.

Gorbachev was married to Raisa Titarenko in 1953 while studying at Moscow State University.

Education

Mikhail Gorbachev completed his law degree from Moscow State University in 1955.

Political Career

Mikhail Gorbachev joined Communist Party as a youth, and after Stalin’s death, he
became a keen proponent of De-Stalinisation reforms started by Nikita Khrushchev. His
 ascension began when he was selected as the First Party Secretary of the Stavropol
Regional Committee in 1970.

Subsequently, in 1978 he came to Moscow to be selected as the secretary of the Central

Committee.

His ultimate success came in 1985 when he was elected as the General Secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in other words, the de-facto ruler of the
government.

Achievements

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of “glasnost” and “perestroika” which helped
in freedom of speech and press and the economic expansion of the economy. It also
resulted in the decentralization of economic decision-making.

Gorbachev is credited with bringing the Cold War to an end, which resulted in the
dissolution of the USSR into separate countries.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his efforts to end the Cold War
between US and USSR.

Death

Mikhail Gorbachev passed away at Central Clinical Hospital, Moscow, on 30th August
2022 after being ill for a prolonged period
Pictures:

Gorbachev in Germany (1986)

Gorbachev & Ronald Reagan
Geneva Summit 1985

Gorbachev with Margareth Tacer (2004)

Gorbachev with Obama and Joe Biden (2009)

Gorbachev and Boris Yelstein

Gorbachev with Vladimir Putin
News and letters

 Dummy letter (From Mikhail Gorbachev to Vladimir Putin)

Dear Vladimir

I hope I find you well

I’m really worried about your recent actions on Ukraine, this does not represent the ideals of our
glorious Russia, we need to stop the invasion and finished this absurd war.

Our people deserve to live in peace, we are losing the respect of other countries and entering a
long and dark conflict that will only bring death and destruction upon us.

Consider how much I appreciate you, remember our friendship, but above all remember your
own love for Russia.

Russia forever.

Regards Gorby

 News: How has Europe and the world reacted to the death of the Soviet Unions last leader

Planet Daily

When Gorbachev died many tributes were sending from across Europe, North America, and the
rest of the world

Vladimir Putin sent condolences and telegram to Gorbachev family, and he recognized about
him huge impact on the course of human history

Putin said the USSR's last leader deeply understood that reforms were necessary and implement
it
 Other leaders such as Angela Merkel - German Chancellor said Gorbachev dedicated him life to
work for the world peace, and he was an example about how one determinate leader can
change the world and make it better place

In general, the most important world leader agrees about Gorbachev and consider him a really
good man.

Our planet lost an especial person and the world last a brilliant mind.

By: Cristhian Alejandro Herrera Flor

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