Mikhail Gorbachev – Former Soviet Leader Dies

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91 after a long health battle, according to Russian news agencies. Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in December 1991. He helped forge weapons reduction deals with the U.S. and other western powers and remove the Iron Curtain. Gorbachev’s decline was humiliating for the Soviet Union. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in …

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