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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev - Wikipedia

    Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev[f][g] (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution …

  2. Mikhail Gorbachev | Biography, Facts, Cold War, & Significance

    Nov 8, 2025 · Mikhail Gorbachev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–91) and president of the Soviet Union (1990–91). His efforts to democratize his …

  3. Mikhail Gorbachev - Cold War, Age & Quotes - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · He became the first president of the Soviet Union in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize for Peace that same year. He resigned in 1991 and founded the Gorbachev Foundation. He …

  4. Mikhail Gorbachev – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1990 was awarded to Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev "for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations"

  5. Mikhail Gorbachev: The Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War

    Aug 30, 2022 · Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. He presided over the dissolution of a Soviet Union that had existed for nearly 70 …

  6. Mikhail Gorbachev: History, Accomplishments and Facts

    Jul 27, 2024 · Mikhail Gorbachev, serving as both general secretary and president of the Soviet Union, played a pivotal role in enacting policies that pushed for disarmament and …

  7. Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev - Wikipedia

    On 30 August 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader and president of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died after a long illness at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in …

  8. Mikhail Gorbachev summary | Britannica

    Mikhail Gorbachev, (born March 2, 1931, Privolye, Stavropol region, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died August 30, 2022, Moscow, Russia), Soviet official and last president of the Soviet Union …

  9. Mikhail Gorbachev - New World Encyclopedia

    Gorbachev is considered one of the most important world political leaders of the second half of the twentieth century. For his efforts in ending the Cold War, he was awarded the Nobel Peace …

  10. Mikhail Gorbachev Biography - life, family, death, wife, young, …

    Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was born into a peasant family in the village of Privolnoe, near Stavropol, Soviet Union, on March 2, 1931. As a teenager, he worked driving farm machinery …