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Mikhail Gorbachev

1931 - 2022

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990 and the president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s. Gorbachev was born in Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, to a peasant family of Russian and Ukrainian heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Gorbachev is the 65th most popular politician (down from 46th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Russia (down from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Politician.

Mikhail Gorbachev is most famous for being the last leader of the Soviet Union. He was in power from 1985 to 1991 and is known for his policies of glasnost and perestroika, which are credited with ending the Cold War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mikhail Gorbachev ranks 65 out of 19,576. Before him are Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk, William III of England, James II of England, Pompey, and Darius the Great. After him are Kim Jong-il, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Attila, Maria Theresa, Osman I, and Marcus Aurelius.

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Among people born in 1931, Mikhail Gorbachev ranks 1. After him are Boris Yeltsin, Rajneesh, Toni Morrison, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Raúl Castro, Tomas Tranströmer, James Dean, Chun Doo-hwan, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Mário Zagallo, and Robert Duvall. Among people deceased in 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev ranks 4. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, Elizabeth II, and Pelé. After him are Ivana Trump, Jiang Zemin, Shinzō Abe, Vangelis, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Jean-Luc Godard, Leonid Kravchuk, and Ben Roy Mottelson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev ranks 8 out of 3,761. Before him are Immanuel Kant (1724), Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), Leo Tolstoy (1828), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), and Nicholas II of Russia (1868). After him are Kim Jong-il (1941), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Yuri Gagarin (1934), Dmitri Mendeleev (1834), Peter the Great (1672), and Anton Chekhov (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir Lenin (1870), Vladimir Putin (1952), and Nicholas II of Russia (1868). After him are Kim Jong-il (1941), Peter the Great (1672), Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Ivan the Terrible (1530), Boris Yeltsin (1931), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander II of Russia (1818), and Alexander III of Russia (1845).

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