The last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, died on Tuesday August 30 at the age of 91 in Russia, announced the Central Clinical Hospital (TSKB), quoted by news agencies. Russians. “Today in the evening (tuesday)after a long serious illness, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev died”said the hospital, dependent on the Russian presidency.
Figure of Perestroika. Coming to power in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev launched a wave of political and economic reforms aimed at modernizing and democratizing the Soviet Union, which was facing serious crises.
Nobel Prize of Peace. Mikhail Gorbachev, a supporter of a policy of rapprochement with the West, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.
Six years in power. Arriving at the post of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev led the USSR until its dissolution in 1991.