Gorbachev

[ gawr-buh-chof, -chawf; Russian guhr-buh-chawf ]

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noun

Mi·kha·il S(er·ge·ye·vich) [mi-, kahyl, sur-, gey, -, uh, -vich, mi-, keyl, myi-, kh, uh-, yeel, syi, r, -, gye, -yi-vyich], 1931–2022, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; the last president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.

Gorbachev

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GorbachovMikhail Sergeevich1931MSovietPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Mikhail Sergeevich (mixaˈil sirˈɡjejivitʃ). born 1931, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1985–91): president (1988–91). Nobel peace prize 1990. His reforms ended the Communist monopoly of power and led to the break-up of the Soviet Union

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I never agreed with his politics, but his most penetrating social trait was how very forthcoming and honest he was with me, regarding everyone from Angela Davis to Gorbachev.

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The book captures the changing times: President Mikhail Gorbachev signed in April 1989, when he came for a state visit with his wife, Raisa.

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Two decades later, President Ronald Reagan — formerly a supreme Cold Warrior — stood next to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and said: “We decided to talk to each other instead of about each other.”

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And I think the joke was going to be that he had that big Gorbachev wine spot on his head.

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“It wasn’t that long ago when a Republican president, Ronald Reagan, thundered, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,’” a reference to another famous speech in Berlin.

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