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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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2026· 7 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: How Mikhail Gorbachev Helped End the Cold War & Unite Europe
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Yahoo: The Twin Peaks mystery that allegedly reached Mikhail Gorbachev
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“I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.”
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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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2024· 1 entry
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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2022· 24 entries
CNN: Opinion: Mikhail Gorbachev’s love affair changed his country – and the world
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New York Post: Russians line up to bid farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
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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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NPR: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end the Cold War, has died
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The American Conservative: Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Helped Save The World, RIP
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USA Today: Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader who paved way for end of Cold War, dead at 91
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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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Jewish Journal: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Whose Reforms Included Letting Jews Leave for Israel, Dies at 91
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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 Soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.”
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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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“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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“Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.”
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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: 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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“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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“The storming of the capitol was clearly planned in advance, and it”
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2020· 1 entry
And 2021, the Theatre of Nations in Moscow, in collaboration with Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, staged a production called Gorbachev
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Košice (2018).
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2017· 1 entry
“À propos de la situation politique internationale en 2017.”
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2016· 2 entries
Said that "Politicians who think that problems and disputes can be solved by using military force
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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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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Global Economy Prize (2015).
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2014· 1 entry
Defended the Crimean status referendum and Russia's annexation of Crimea that began the Russo-Ukrainian War
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2013· 1 entry
“Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, au sujet du procès de l'opposant politique Alexeï Navalny pour corruption et de son emprisonnement en juillet 2013.”
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2011· 5 entries
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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“Au sujet de Vladimir Poutine et de Medvedev, après leur annonce en février 2011 où ils déclaraient qu'ils décideraient eux-mêmes qui serait candidat aux élections présidentielles russes de 2012.”
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“Au sujet du train de vie de Vladimir Poutine et de la classe dirigeante russe en 2011.”
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Medvedev awarded him the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded German Environmental Prize (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Met with US president Barack Obama to "reset" strained US–Russian relations
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“Halten Sie doch ein öffentliches Tribunal ab, hängen Sie mich auf. Nur bitte, wenn Sie das schon tun, dann bitte nicht für das, was Jelzin angerichtet hat. Und bitte, wenn Sie mich aufhängen wollen, dann bitte weit von Jelzin entfernt!" - Interview im Deutschlandfunk, 14. Mai 2009”
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2008· 3 entries
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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“Au sujet de Russie unie, le parti de Poutine, en 2008.”
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2007· 1 entry
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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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Champions of the Earth (2006).
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2005· 4 entries
Awarded Point Alpha Prize (2005).
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“Nicht die Perestroika hat die Sowjetunion zerstört, sondern ihre Gegner." - Internetzeitschrift, aktuell.ru, 24. März 2005”
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“Die Perestroika wurde in dem Moment abgebrochen, als es endlich den neuen Unionsvertrag gab, der die Union erhalten, aber dezentralisiert hätte. So wäre der Weg zur Desintegration versperrt worden. Das war das, was nötig gewesen wäre. In der Union wären mindestens zehn, vielleicht auch zwölf Republiken geblieben." - Internetzeitschrift, aktuell.ru, 24. März 2005”
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Gorbachev was awarded the Point Alpha Prize for his role in supporting German reunification
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
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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2002· 2 entries
Gorbachev was awarded the Charles V Prize by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation
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Gorbachev received the Freedom of the City of Dublin from Dublin City Council
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Honour (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Gorbachev helped form the Russian United Social Democratic Party
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1999· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999).
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Awarded Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion (1999).
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Gorbachev visited Australia, giving a speech to the country's parliament
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“Ich glaube, Gefahren warten nur auf jene, die nicht auf das Leben reagieren." - zitiert in der Zeit, 1999, zeit.de und der FAZ, 6. Oktober 2004, faz.net.”
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1997· 2 entries
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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1996· 1 entry
Campaign: 1996 presidential election.
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1995· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty (1995).
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Initiated the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
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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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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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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Grawemeyer Awards (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Gorbachev launched Green Cross International, which focused on encouraging sustainable futures, and then the World Political Forum
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1992· 4 entries
Awarded Harvey Prize (1992).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin (1992).
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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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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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1991· 1 entry
“Opis: zapis w osobistym dzienniku ze stycznia 1991.”
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1990· 6 entries
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 Nobel Peace Prize (1990).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (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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1989· 6 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1989).
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Won Otto Hahn Peace Medal (1989).
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“Laut seinen Memoiren will Gorbatschow am 7. Oktober 1989 Honecker in einem Vieraugengespräch gesagt haben: "Das Leben verlangt mutige Entscheidungen. Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben." - Stimmt’s? : Gorbis Warnung DIE ZEIT 41/1999”
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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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“auch "Gefahren warten nur auf jene, die nicht auf das Leben reagieren" - in der Rede Gorbatschows vor dem Politbüro der DDR am 7. Oktober 1989, faz.net, gleiche Quelle”
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1988· 2 entries
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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1987· 2 entries
“Zugleich dürfen gefühllose, unhöfliche Menschen, die die Nöte des Volkes nicht sehen und sie sich nicht zu Herzen nehmen, Menschen, die kein Mitgefühl haben, keine Leitungsfunktionen ausüben." - In einer Rede vor Vertretern der Massenmedien und der Kulturschaffenden im Juli 1987. Nach Unsere Zeit 20.7.1987”
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“Lenin sagte einmal, der ungebildete Mensch stehe außerhalb der Politik. Heute aber haben wir ein gebildetes Volk. Wie wir in den letzten Jahren handelten, bedeutete, es aus der Politik herauszuhalten. Das ist eine Mißachtung des Volkes. Das ist eine Art Elitedenken." - In einer Rede vor Vertretern der Massenmedien und der Kulturschaffenden im Juli 1987. Nach Unsere Zeit 20.7.1987”
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1986· 1 entry
“Das ist ein moderner kommunistischer Führer, der war nie in Kalifornien, nie in Hollywood, aber der versteht etwas von PR. Der Goebbels verstand auch etwas von PR. Man muss doch die Dinge auf den Punkt bringen!" - Helmut Kohl in einem Interview mit NEWSWEEK im Oktober 1986 über Michail Gorbatschow und Joseph Goebbels, zitiert nach SPIEGELONLINE”
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1985· 3 entries
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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1982· 1 entry
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" (1982).
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1980· 1 entry
Won Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
“Margaret Thatcher après son élection au poste de Première ministre du Royaume-Uni en 1979.”
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1978· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1978).
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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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Career landmark: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1978–1985).
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1977· 1 entry
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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1976· 1 entry
And 1977, on the latter occasion touring the country with a guide from the French Communist Party
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1974· 1 entry
Gorbachev traveled to be with him in Privolnoe shortly before his death
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1972· 1 entry
Visited Belgium and the Netherlands, and in 1973 West Germany
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1970· 1 entry
Overseeing the construction of the Great Stavropol Canal
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1969· 1 entry
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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1967· 2 entries
From the Moscow State Pedagogical University; while in Stavropol she joined the Communist Party
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Studied at Stavropol State Agrarian University (1967).
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1966· 2 entries
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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1961· 2 entries
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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1958· 1 entry
Moved into two rooms in a communal apartment
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1957· 1 entry
Won Medal "For Labour Valour" (1957).
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1955· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow State University, Faculty of Law (1955).
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1952· 1 entry
Was appointed a full member of the Communist Party
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
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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1946· 1 entry
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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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-03-02.
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1928· 1 entry
And helped form Privolnoye's first kolkhoz the following year, becoming its chair
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