Life is much richer and more complex than even the most per… - Mikhail Gorbachev

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Life is much richer and more complex than even the most perfect plans to make it better. It ultimately takes vengeance for attempts to impose abstract schemes, even with the best of intentions. Perestroika has made us understand this about our past, and the actual experience of recent years has taught us to reckon with the most general laws of civilization.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв, IPA: [gərbəˈtɕof], commonly anglicized as Gorbachev; 2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was General Secretary of the Communist Party and served as leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. His attempts at reform helped to end the Cold War, but also ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and dissolved the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.

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Native Name: Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв

Also Known As: Gorby

Alternative Names: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev • Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov • Mikhail Gorbachyov • Mikhail Gorbachov • Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev • M. Gorbachev • M.S. Gorbachev • Gorbachev • Gorbi • Михаил Горбачёв

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