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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.
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Netflix Junkie: 'The Brink of War': Where and How to Watch Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Centered Cold War Film
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Collapse of the Soviet Union - End of Communism, Gorbachev, Glasnost/Perestroika
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““When the wall came down in the Soviet Union and Europe, [Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev destroyed himself politically by doing something that was very, very courageous. He went to [President George H.W.] Bush. He said, ‘I’m going to allow you to reunify Germany under a NATO army. I’m going …” False.
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News4Jax: Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter
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Wall Street Journal: Mikhail Gorbachev’s Undoing Was His Devotion to Soviet Ideas
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Chicago Tribune: Mikhail Gorbachev mourned as a rare world leader but some are still bitter
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The New Yorker: Mikhail Gorbachev, the Fundamentally Soviet Man
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Yahoo: Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy
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The American Conservative: Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Helped Save The World, RIP
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Yahoo: Mikhail Gorbachev dies at age 91: See the former Soviet leader's political career in photos
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Died 2022-08-30.
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“Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.”
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“Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.”
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“The storming of the capitol was clearly planned in advance, and it”
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“The accident at Chernobyl showed again what an abyss will open if nuclear war befalls mankind. For inherent in the nuclear arsenals stockpiled are thousands upon thousands of disasters far more horrible than the Chernobyl one.”
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“Variant: The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. … If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.”
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“Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.”
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“The Soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.”
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“I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.”
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“Variant: Soviet rockets can find Halley's comet and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but . . . many household appliances are of poor quality.”
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“Dangers await only those who do not react to life.”
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“The [Berlin] wall can disappear when those conditions that created it fall away.”
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And 2021, the Theatre of Nations in Moscow, in collaboration with Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, staged a production called Gorbachev
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Awarded honorary citizen of Košice (2018).
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“Politicians who think that problems and disputes can be solved by using military force... should be rejected by society, they should clear the political stage.”
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Said that "Politicians who think that problems and disputes can be solved by using military force
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Awarded Global Economy Prize (2015).
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Defended the Crimean status referendum and Russia's annexation of Crimea that began the Russo-Ukrainian War
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Awarded Franz Josef Strauss Award (2011).
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Awarded Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (2011).
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Medvedev awarded him the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
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Awarded German Environmental Prize (2010).
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Met with US president Barack Obama to "reset" strained US–Russian relations
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Awarded Free Your Mind (2008).
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After he visited the tomb of St Francis of Assisi, he clarified that he was an atheist
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By the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation due to its failure to establish local offices with at least 500 members in the majority of Russian regions
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Awarded Champions of the Earth (2006).
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Awarded Point Alpha Prize (2005).
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Gorbachev was awarded the Point Alpha Prize for his role in supporting German reunification
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children (2004).
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Gorbachev's party merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Social Democratic Party of Russia, but it failed to gain traction with voters
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Gorbachev received the Freedom of the City of Dublin from Dublin City Council
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Gorbachev was awarded the Charles V Prize by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation
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Awarded Order of Honour (2001).
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Gorbachev helped form the Russian United Social Democratic Party
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Awarded Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion (1999).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999).
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Gorbachev visited Australia, giving a speech to the country's parliament
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1997).
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Founded a sub-division of the Gorbachev Foundation known as Raisa Maksimovna's Club to improve women's welfare in Russia
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (1995).
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Was awarded the Grand-Cross of the Order of Liberty by Portuguese president Mário Soares, and in 1998 the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee
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Initiated the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
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His foundation held a conference on "The Intelligentsia and Perestroika", proposing to the Duma a law that would reduce many of the presidential powers established by Yeltsin's 1993 constitution
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Awarded Grawemeyer Awards (1994).
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Gorbachev launched Green Cross International, which focused on encouraging sustainable futures, and then the World Political Forum
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Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin (1992).
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Awarded Harvey Prize (1992).
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Toured the US in a Forbes private jet to raise money for his foundation, meeting the Reagans for a social visit
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Was the first recipient of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, and in 1994 was given the Grawemeyer Award by the University of Louisville, Kentucky
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“Opis: zapis w osobistym dzienniku ze stycznia 1991.”
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1990).
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1990).
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Many observers declared the Cold War over
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“a broadening of the NATO zone is not acceptable”
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Career landmark: President of the Soviet Union (1990–1991).
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19894 items
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1989).
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Won Otto Hahn Peace Medal (1989).
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Visited East Germany for the fortieth anniversary of its founding; shortly after, in November, the East German government allowed its citizens to cross the Berlin Wall, a decision Gorbachev praised
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1989–1990).
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India awarded Gorbachev the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development; in 1990, he was given the Nobel Peace Prize for "his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1988–1989).
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Won Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1985).
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Career landmark: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1991).
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The Politburo elected Gorbachev as general secretary
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Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" (1982).
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Won Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (1980).
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Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1978).
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1978–1985).
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Gorbachev was appointed to the Central Committee's Secretariat for Agriculture (25th term), replacing his old patron Kulakov, who had died of a heart attack
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Gorbachev returned to Moscow to become a secretary of the party's Central Committee
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The Supreme Soviet appointed Gorbachev to chair the Standing Commission on Youth Affairs due to his experience with mobilizing young people in Komsomol
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And 1977, on the latter occasion touring the country with a guide from the French Communist Party
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Gorbachev traveled to be with him in Privolnoe shortly before his death
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Visited Belgium and the Netherlands, and in 1973 West Germany
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Overseeing the construction of the Great Stavropol Canal
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Was elected as a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and made a member of its Standing Commission for the Protection of the Environment
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Studied at Stavropol State Agrarian University (1967).
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From the Moscow State Pedagogical University; while in Stavropol she joined the Communist Party
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Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1966).
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Was part of a delegation which visited East Germany, and in 1969 and 1974 visited Bulgaria
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Gorbachev pursued a second degree, in agricultural production; he took a correspondence course from the local Stavropol Agricultural Institute, receiving his diploma in 1967
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Gorbachev played host to the Italian delegation for the World Youth Festival in Moscow; that October, he attended the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Moved into two rooms in a communal apartment
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Won Medal "For Labour Valour" (1957).
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Studied at Moscow State University, Faculty of Law (1955).
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Was appointed a full member of the Communist Party
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949).
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Harvested over 800 metric tons (1,800,000 pounds) of grain, a feat for which Sergey was awarded the Order of Lenin; the following year, Gorbachev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Gorbachev joined the Komsomol, the Soviet political youth organization, becoming leader of his local group, and was then elected to the Komsomol committee for the district
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Born 1931-03-02.
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And helped form Privolnoye's first kolkhoz the following year, becoming its chair
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Won Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Tromso.
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion.
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Won Golden Plate Award.
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Münster.
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Awarded North–South Prize.
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Awarded Delta Prize for Global Understanding.
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Awarded Alexander Men Prize.
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Awarded Ronald Reagan Freedom Award.
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Awarded Order of Christopher Columbus.
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Liège.
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Awarded Order of Saint Agatha.
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Career landmark: Participated in 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Chernobyl disaster.
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Career landmark: Participated in Visiting Dmitry Gordon (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
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Career landmark: Participated in Mikhail Gorbachev Pizza Hut commercial (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Career landmark: Participated in 19th All-Union Conference of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (tournament / event).
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