The Last Soviet

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RIP Mikhail Gorbachev. He was the last Soviet standing and is credited worldwide for singlehandedly ending the Cold War.

Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who transformed the map of Europe, He died at 91. I was serving The Regan-Bush administration during the fall of the Soviet Union and I know that the next Russian leader will always blame the demise of the former Soviet Union on Gorbachev.

Mikhail Gorbachev felt that his work was ruined

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mikhail-gorbachevs-death-close-friend-224128…

One of the most talked-about people in the world, here are some quotes about Gorbachev, who was the last Soviet leader: https://reut.rs/3AyMJWC

Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91. Gorbachev’s office said earlier that he was undergoing treatment at the hospital.
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USSR's final leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91. He won the Nobel Peace Price and will be mourned worldwide.

Lauded in the West for helping bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union. He died at age 91 https://reut.rs/3e4Gke6

The final leader of the Soviet Union who helped end the Cold War and bring down the Iron Curtain but then saw his own superpower crumble dies in hospital

  • Mikhail Gorbachev - the last leader of the Soviet Union - died in a Moscow hospital aged 91
  • Gorbachev helped bring the Cold War to an end and failed to prevent the collapse of the USSR
  • Under his rule, the Iron Curtain which had divided Europe since the Second World War disintegrated
  • He became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985 committed to reforming the system  
  • But many Russians never forgave Gorbachev for the turmoil his liberalizing reforms unleashed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11162107/USSRs-final-leader-Mi…