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On taking office as General Secretary in 1985 I was immediately faced with an avalanche of problems. It was vital to change our relationship with the… - Mikhail Gorbachev
" "On taking office as General Secretary in 1985 I was immediately faced with an avalanche of problems. It was vital to change our relationship with the West, particularly the United States, and to bring the costly and dangerous arms race to an end. We needed to withdraw from the damaging and costly war in Afghanistan. The Soviet Union faced tremendous internal problems. The process of reform required new leadership and courage.
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About Mikhail Gorbachev
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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Also Known As
Native Name:
Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв
Also Known As:
Gorby
Alternative Names:
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov
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Mikhail Gorbachyov
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Mikhail Gorbachov
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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
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M. Gorbachev
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M.S. Gorbachev
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Gorbachev
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Gorbi
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Михаил Горбачёв
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Some of my critics reproach me to this day for not having insisted on a legally binding stipulation [in 1990] that would have prevented NATO from expanding into Eastern Europe in the future. But such a demand would have been absurd, even preposterous, because the Warsaw Pact still existed at the time. We would have been accused of destroying it with our own hands.
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