Mikhail Gorbachev

2022 - 8 - 31

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91 (NPR)

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death.

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Mikhail Gorbachev's tragedy – a flawed reformer on an impossible ... (The Indian Express)

Mikhail Gorbachev was a tragic figure who failed in the historic mission he had defined for his own country.

With Putin pointedly boasting of the size and destructive power of Russia’s arsenal, politicians in both Moscow and Washington have evoked the risk of World War Three. But they turned out to be the actual essential elements of the Soviet system – having removed them, the system unravelled as well.” It was a lesson not lost on China’s leaders, who embraced the market economy but served notice with the 1989 killings of protesters on Tiananmen Square that they would act ruthlessly to defend the Communist Party’s grip on power. In the three decades since his fall from power, Russia has judged Gorbachev harshly. Yet in the space of six years, both Communism and the Union came crashing down. “It’s one of the ultimate tragedies of (Gorbachev) that none of the points that he ultimately came to accept and espouse have been preserved by the leaders of Russia today.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, dies aged 91 (The Hindu)

Gorbachev forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since ...

Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany. Gorbachev forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War II

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Mikhail Gorbachev,the Soviet Leader who put an end to the Cold ... (Livemint)

The Nobel Prize winner, Mikhail Gorbachev was able to bring the Soviet Union closer to the West after both sides suffered the Cold War for more than two ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Who Ended Cold War, Dies At 91 (NDTV)

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the collapse of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, ...

His commitment to peace in Europe changed our shared history." For Putin and many Russians, the breakup of the Soviet Union was a tragedy, bringing with it a decade of mass poverty and a weakening of Russia's stature on the global stage. UN chief Antonio Guterres praised Gorbachev as "a one-of-a-kind statesman who changed the course of history" and "did more than any other individual to bring about the peaceful end of the Cold War". He was also championed in the West for spearheading reforms to achieve transparency and greater public discussion that hastened the breakup of the Soviet empire. Gorbachev spent the twilight years of his life in and out of hospital with increasingly fragile health and observed self-quarantine during the pandemic as a precaution against the coronavirus. His life was one of the most influential of his times, and his reforms as Soviet leader transformed his country and allowed Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended the Cold War, dies ... (Hindustan Times)

The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given. | World News.

In the final days of the Soviet Union, the economic decline accelerated into a steep skid. But the couple won sympathy in summer 1999 when it was revealed that Raisa Gorbachev was dying of leukemia. It was the first time since the death of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that the wife of a Soviet leader had played such a public role, and many Russians found Raisa Gorbachev showy and arrogant. After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife. Gorbachev ventured into other new areas in his 70s, winning awards and kudos around the world. “The question haunted me: Why was the standard of living in our country lower than in other developed countries?” he recalled in his memoirs. Those trips had a profound effect on his thinking, shaking his belief in the superiority of Soviet-style socialism. That prize and the party background of his parents helped him land admission in 1950 to the country’s top university, Moscow State. “Our society was stifled in the grip of a bureaucratic command system,” Gorbachev wrote. By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers. Both his grandfathers were peasants, collective farm chairmen and members of the Communist Party, as was his father. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: सोवियत संघ के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव का ... (अमर उजाला)

मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव यूनाइटेड यूनियन ऑफ सोवियत सोशलिस्ट रिपब्लिक (USSR) के अंतिम नेता थे।

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Mikhail Gorbachev: सोवियत संघ के नेता मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव का निधन, बिना ... (ABP News)

Mikhail Gorbachev Death: सोवियत संघ (Soviet Union) के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव (Mikhail Gorbachev) ने ...

राष्ट्रपति पद से हटने के बाद मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव (Mikhail Gorbachev) को दुनियाभर में कई अवार्ड्स (Awards) और सम्मान दिए गए. शीत युद्ध को बिना रक्तपात के खत्म करने में उन्होंने काफी अहम भूमिका निभाई थी और इसी वजह से उन्हें इस पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया था. मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव यूएसएसआर (USSR) के अंतिम नेता थे.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Death: संयुक्त सोवियत संघ के आखिरी राष्ट्रपति रहे ... (India TV हिंदी)

Mikhail Gorbachev Death: 30-31 अगस्त की दरम्यानी रात उन्होंने आखिरी सांस ली। गोर्बाचेव इसलिए भी ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev: शीत युद्ध खत्म कराने वाले सोवियत नेता मिखाइल ... (Times Now Navbharat)

Mikhail Gorbachev Dies: 1985 में सोवियत कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी के महासचिव बनने के बाद, गोर्बाचेव ने कुछ ...

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सोवियत लीडर Mikhail Gorbachev का 91 वर्ष की उम्र में निधन, जानिए ... (मनी कंट्रोल)

मिखाइल गोर्वाचेव मार्च, 1985 में सोवियत लीडर बने और 25 दिसंबर, 1991 को उन्होंने इस्तीफा दे ...

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लेकिन 30-31 अगस्त की दरम्यानी रात उन्होंने अंतिम सांस ली। न्यूज एजेंसी ने मॉस्को के ...

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Here are some lesser known facts about last Soviet leader Mikhail ... (Livemint)

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the cold war without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, took his last breath on Tuesday.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies at 91 (Business Standard)

Mikhail Gorbachev pushed for radical changes to Soviet economy at age 54. His overhaul, and policy of openness, unleashed a political avalanche that brought ...

“There is a contrast between the view of him from the inside and outside Russia,” Grachev said in an interview. “The majority of Russians probably still think Stalin was a good thing for the country. Gorbachev openly criticized the Russian leader for the first time in 2011, urging him not to seek a third presidential term. “We, myself included, said that perestroika was a continuation of October,” he wrote in 1988, referring to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. While Gorbachev remained a sought-after speaker on the Western lecture circuit, he surfaced only rarely in Russian public life. Together with Reagan, Gorbachev developed the US-Soviet relationship and his efforts in fostering East-West reconciliation won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. [politics](/category/international-news-politics-1160105.htm) at Oxford University and the author of “Seven Years that Changed the World: Perestroika in Perspective,” wrote in 2010. Gorbachev, recognizable for a red birthmark on his bald head, paved the way for the dissolution of the Soviet state. Banned books including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” were published in journals, selling millions of copies. “But even now, I am convinced that the democratic reforms started in the spring of 1985 were historically justified.” Gorbachev pushed for radical changes to the Soviet economy after he became Communist Party leader in 1985, at age 54. The Central Clinical Hospital said his death followed “a severe and prolonged illness,” according to Tass.

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WATCH: 1998 Pizza Hut ad featuring former Russian President ... (Business Today)

Mikhail Gorbachev, well known for his policies like glasnost (openness) and perestroika (change or reform), featured in a Pizza Hut commercial in 1998, ...

Perestroika was aimed at modernizing the Soviet economy and society. Following this, all customers look towards the leader and say “Hail Gorbachev!” Customers in the restaurant debate Gorbachev’s legacy and reforms.

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'One-of-a-Kind Statesman': Former Soviet President Mikhail ... (The Wire)

As the last Soviet leader, Gorbachev forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with the West to remove the Iron Curtain that had ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also hailed Gorbachev as a “trusted and respected” leader who helped bring down the Iron Curtain, while French President Emmanuel Macron said “his commitment to peace in Europe changed our common history.” Guterres said the former Soviet leader did more than any other individual to bring about a peaceful end to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Gorbachev was “a one-of-a kind statesman who changed the course of history.”

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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91 - Lagatar English (Lagatar English)

Lagatar24 Desk. New Delhi, Aug 31: The 91-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev, the former head of the Soviet Union who peacefully ended the Cold War, has passed away ...

[Lagatar ](https://lagatar24.com)Android App . to the app [click here](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lagatar.eng) When Gorbachev came to power in 1985, he opened up the Soviet Union to the outside world and implemented a number of domestic reforms.

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It's complicated: Relationship status of Mikhail Gorbachev and ... (Livemint)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, died at the age of 91.

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Putin expresses deepest sympathy at the death of Mikhail Gorbachev (Business Standard)

The former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate died in Moscow on Tuesday at the age of 91.

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'Free World Misses Him Greatly': World Leaders React to Mikhail ... (The Wire)

“The Reagan Foundation and Institute mourns the loss of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a man who once was a political adversary of Ronald Reagan's who ...

He was a very pleasant man to deal with and he had great vision for the future of his country which is antithetical to that being articulated now. “I always admired the courage & integrity he showed in bringing the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion … He was a man who tried to deliver a better life for his people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Gorbachev family and the people of Russia.” He played a crucial role to end the Cold War and bring down the Iron Curtain. “Tomorrow he will send a telegram of condolences to his family and friends.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev Death: जब हुआ मिखाइल गोर्बाचोफ़ युग का अंत और ... (ABP News)

Mikhail Gorbachev Death: जब हुआ मिखाइल गोर्बाचोफ़ युग का अंत और शुरू हुई सोवियत संघ. मिखाइल ...

गौरतलब है कि कुछ दिनों पहले ही रूस, बेलारूस और यूक्रेन के नेताओं की मुलाकात हुई थी और इसमें सोवियत संघ से अलग होने और स्वतंत्र राज्यों के एक राष्ट्रमंडल के गठन के साथ ही राष्ट्रमंडल का हिस्सा होने को लेकर फैसला हुआ था. सोवियत संसद ने बाजार अर्थव्यवस्था के पक्ष में अर्थव्यवस्था की कम्युनिस्ट केंद्रीय योजना को छोड़ने की योजना को मंजूरी दी. हफ्तों के भीतर, कजाकिस्तान (Kazakhstan) और रूस (Russia) को छोड़कर सभी ने ऐसा ही किया है. नवंबर 1990 - संसद ने गोर्बाचोफ़ को सार्वजनिक गतिविधि के लगभग सभी क्षेत्रों में फरमान जारी करने का हक दिया. इसी के साथ एस्टोनियाई (Estonian) संसद ने आजादी का एलान भी कर डाला. इस दौरान सोवियत संघ ने अपने कम्युनिस्ट विचारधारा के ढहते जा रहे सैटेलाइट शासन (Satellite Regimes) को बचाने के लिए हस्तक्षेप की कोई कोशिश नहीं की. मार्च 1989 - सोवियत संघ के पीपुल्स डेप्युटीज़ की कांग्रेस 1989 से 1991 तक सोवियत संघ के राज्य प्राधिकरण का सर्वोच्च निकाय था. इस संधि का मतलब सोवियत और यूएस (US) की सभी इंटरमीडिएट रेंज की मिसाइलों को नष्ट किया जाना था. सोवियत संघ (Soviet Union) में ताकत का पर्याय माने गए 91 साल के मिखाइल गोर्बाचोफ़ दुनिया को अलविदा कह गए. तब गोर्बाचोफ़ ने कहा था कि वह देशों के बीच रिश्तों को सुधारने और भविष्य के हथियारों में कटौती के बारे में "बहुत आशावादी" हैं. एक तरह से माथियास ने हेलसिंकी (Helsinki) से सेसना लाइट एयरक्राफ्ट (Cessna Light Aircraft) उड़ाकर सेंट्रल मॉस्को (Central Moscow) के रेड स्क्वायर (Red Square) पर इसे उताकर सोवियत शासन में वायु रक्षा प्रणाली में सेंध लगाई. मंगलवार को दुनिया के इस मशहूर और प्रभावी नेता की मौत हो गई और इसके साथ ही उठ खड़े हुए हैं कई सवाल कि आखिर मिखाइल गोर्बाचोफ़ (Mikhail Gorbachev) किस शख्सियत का नाम था.

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Mikhail Gorbachev passes away: Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences at the passing of USSR's last head, who will be buried at Moscow's ...

His grandfathers and father were peasants and members of the Communist Party. This nationalistic sentiment eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Gorbachev failed to anticipate the strong nationalistic sentiment in Baltic republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which spread to regions like Ukraine and Georgia. The last Soviet leader was born on March 2, 1931 in Privolnoye located in southern Russia. Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91 after suffering from a long and protracted illness. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences at the passing of USSR’s last head.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: సోవియట్ యూనియన్ చివరి నేత గోర్బచేవ్ ... (TV9 Telugu)

అమెరికా నేతృత్వంలోని పశ్చిమ దేశాలు, సోవియెట్ లీడర్షిప్ లోని తూర్పు దేశాలకు ఏళ్ల ...

గోర్బచేవ్ కు 1990లో నోబుల్ శాంతి బహుమతి లభించింది. పారదర్శకత, పునర్నిర్మాణ ప్రక్రియలను విశ్వసించిన నేతగా గోర్బచేవ్ కు పేరుంది. 1985 నుంచి 1991 వరకూ గోర్బచేవ్ సోవియట్ కు అధ్యక్షుడిగా వ్యవహరించారు.

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The former Soviet leader was instrumental in ending the Cold War. Synopsis. Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, passed away on Tuesday due to prolonged illness.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, dies aged 91 (The Hindu)

Gorbachev forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev Death: बाहर सत्कार, देश में दुत्कार- इस तजुर्बे के ... (अमर उजाला)

Mikhail Gorbachev Death: पूर्व सोवियत संघ के आखिरी राष्ट्रपति मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव को अपनी जिंदगी के ...

Stay updated with us for all latest [Hindi news](https://www.amarujala.com). विश्लेषकों के मुताबिक मौजूदा रूसी राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमीर पुतिन के साथ गोर्बाचेव के रिश्ते हमेशा ही पेचीदा रहे। जब 2016 में पुतिन ने राष्ट्रपति के तीसरे कार्यकाल के लिए चुनाव लड़ने का फैसला किया, तो गोर्बाचेव ने उसकी कड़ी आलोचना की थी। उन्होंने तब पुतिन की नीतियों को प्रगति की राह में बाधक बताया था। उधर पुतिन ये राय जताते रहे हैं कि सोवियत संघ का अंत भू-राजनीतिक रूप से ‘बीसवीं सदी की सबसे भयंकर घटना’ थी। गोर्बाचेव के निधन के बाद पुतिन के प्रवक्ता दिमित्री पेस्कोव ने सिर्फ यह कहा कि पूर्व सोवियत नेता के निधन से राष्ट्रपति बहुत दुखी हैं और उन्होंने गोर्बाचेव के परिवार को अपना शोक संदेश भेजा है। साल 2021 में गोर्बाचेव की विरासत के बारे में रूस में एक सर्वे रिपोर्ट जारी हुई थी। इसके मुताबिक रूस के 70 फीसदी से ज्यादा लोगों ने राय जताई कि गोर्बाचेव के राज में देश गलत दिशा में गया। इसके पहले हुए सर्वेक्षणों में गोर्बाचेव को रूसी इतिहास का सबसे अलोकप्रिय नेता घोषित किया गया था।

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Mikhail Gorbachev Biography: Early Life, Family, Political Career ... (Jagran Josh)

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991. He is credited with ending the Cold War. Learn about Mikhail Gorbachev's family, ...

Mikhail Gorbachev joined Communist Party as a youth, and after Stalin’s death, he became a keen proponent of De-Stalinisation reforms started by Nikita Khrushchev. In his growing-up days, Russia was under the rule of Joseph Stalin, who belonged to the communist party. He was the general secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Party from 1985-1991.

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Tricky affair for West and Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev will not get state ... (Firstpost)

The Gorbachev Foundation had earlier said that Mikhail Gorbachev would be buried at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery, next to his wife Raisa.

Follow us on [also read] [Explainers](https://www.firstpost.com/category/explainers) [Six months of Russia-Ukraine war: What is likely to happen next?](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/six-months-of-russia-ukraine-war-what-is-likely-to-happen-next-11093311.html) The West has always come forward to attend funerals of former heads of State in Russia. Barring a disastrous military miscalculation, Ukraine's army is unlikely to collapse outright, and few expect Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept any negotiations that do not see the country recover all lost territory, including Crimea New Delhi: Former president of erstwhile USSR Mikhail Gorbachev will not get a state funeral, said Russian state media on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Gorbachev Foundation had earlier said that the former world leader would be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery, next to his wife Raisa. The Gorbachev Foundation had earlier said that Mikhail Gorbachev would be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery, next to his wife Raisa.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory legacy of Soviet leader who ... (The Conversation AU)

Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state ...

[met in a forest setting ](https://www.neweurope.eu/article/30-years-ago-the-stroke-of-a-pen-in-a-snowy-belarussian-forest-changed-the-world/)in the absence of Gorbachev, where they came up with a hastily conceived plan to break up the USSR and abolish Gorbachev’s presidency. Ultimately, the Soviet Empire disintegrated, not from a popular, massive uprising from below, as many in the West imagine, but from the mistakes and [political infighting](https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intn.html) at the top, which progressively weakened the center’s authority. [achieved the highest position](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mikhail-gorbachev-picked-to-succeed-chernenko) in the party of general secretary in 1985 he embarked on a pell-mell program of reform. [begging for financial help](https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/23/world/gorbachev-pleads-for-100-billion-in-aid-from-west.html) from the George H.W. president [Ronald Reagan came around to the view](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/gorbachev-and-reagan-the-capitalist-and-communist-who-helped-end-the-cold-war) that Gorbachev was indeed an authentic dismantler of the Soviet command system. By 1990 his own weakness and indecision had derailed the revolution from above. [Western suspicions](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/how-reagan-and-bush-overcame-skepticism-to-collaborate-with-gorbachev-8122532/) when he first came to power that he was simply a wolf-in-sheep’s clothing, an insincere reformer who was really a hard-line communist, Gorbachev managed to convince the skeptics abroad of his sincerity. As head of government, Gorbachev was faced with an insolvable dilemma: how to achieve the democratic ends he desired without resorting to undemocratic means, force and violence. He mistakenly thought he had a firm agreement with the United States and Germany not to move NATO one inch eastward but failed to get it in writing. [his death at 91](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1120141650/former-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-has-died), announced by state media in Russia on Aug. But in the process, he ended up undermining socialism as the major alternative to Western neoliberal capitalism. Early fears in the West evolved into anxiety about Gorbachev’s survival as he embarked on his great project.

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Why Russians love to hate Mikhail Gorbachev (THE WEEK)

(File) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses students as he visits the International University in Moscow February 9, 2012 | Reuters.

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Mikhail Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter (Economic Times)

Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War but although widely feted abroad, he was a pariah at home.

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Cold War खत्म करने से लेकर नोबेल पुरस्कार तक... जानें Mikhail ... (DNA India)

Mikhail Gorbachev Death: सोवियत संघ के आखिरी राष्ट्रपति मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव का 91 साल की उम्र में ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union leader who ended Cold war, dies ... (Business Standard)

Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral to be held on September 3: Russian ... (Hindustan Times)

The funeral will be held at the Hall of Columns inside Moscow's House of Unions. This is the same place where former premier of the Soviet Union Josef ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022): The last Soviet leader was a ... (Scroll.in)

Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev's chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently transpired.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: पाकिस्तान के करीब आ रहा था अमेरिका तो मिखाइल ने ... (अमर उजाला)

America was coming closer to Pakistan, then Mikhail Gorbachev supported Indiaदुनिया में मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव की पहचान ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy (TVP World)

According to Estonia's Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, it was a good thing that the reforms planned by Gorbachev did not end where he was aiming for them ...

Although he is often attributed with ending the Cold War and the fall of the Iron Curtain, Gorbachev’s legacy is not as pristine as some would like it to be. According to Estonia’s Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, it was a good thing that the reforms planned by Gorbachev did not end where he was aiming for them to end. The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, died at the age of 91.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: సోవియట్ మాజీ అధ్యక్షుడు మిఖాయిల్ గోర్బచెవ్ ... (HMTV)

కమ్యూనిస్టు తూర్పు ఐరోపాలోని సొవియట్ కూటమి దేశాలలలో 1989లో ప్రజా స్వామ్య అనుకూల నిరసనలు ...

ప్రచ్ఛన్న యుద్ధాన్ని రక్తపాతం లేకుండా ముగించడంలో ఆయన కీలక పాత్ర పోషించిన కారణంగా ఆయనకు ఈ సత్కారం లభించింది. 1990లో నోబెల్ శాంతి బహుమతి కూడా లభించింది. అయినప్పటికీ సొవియట్ యూనియన్ పతనాన్ని నిరోధించడంలో ఆయన విఫలమయ్యారు.

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Why Rajiv Gandhi hailed Mikhail Gorbachev as 'crusader of peace' (The Indian Express)

The relationship between Mikhail Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi, two leaders whose fortunes rose and fell almost in tandem, inaugurated a five-year waltz ...

[BJP](https://indianexpress.com/about/bjp/) accused the Soviet Union of interfering in the presidential elections of that year, by pressuring India’s communist parties to not join hands with the opposition for the re-election of Giani Zail Singh, who had revolted against Rajiv. An agreement was signed for scientific and economic cooperation during the visit, and both sides held talks about the deteriorating security situation in the region, a reference to Pakistan without mentioning it by name. And in November 1989, as India voted to defeat Rajiv in that year’s parliamentary elections, the world was celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall that presaged the end of the Soviet Union. It was the time educated Indians started referring to the Soviet leader as Gorby. But by then, Rajiv’s fortunes were on the wane, and there was vociferous opposition at home to the holding of the festival, as well as to his attendance in Moscow, even though it was a wildly successful visit from a foreign relations perspective. It was reported later that Gorbachev wanted to get Rajiv’s assessment of Ronald Reagan before he met the US President in Geneva for disarmament talks scheduled for the following month. With the USSR falling apart, he was removed as leader of the CPSU in August 1991, and in December that year, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved. Rajiv would declare later that it was “amazing how much we [he and Gorbachev] have in common” (The Soviet Union’s Partnership with India: Vojtech Mastny, 2010). Between 1985 and 1989, Rajiv and Gorbachev found enough common ground to mark a high point in India-Soviet relations — their differences over the Soviet leader’s idea of an “all-Asia forum” along the lines of the “common European home” notwithstanding. P V Narasimha Rao, defence minister in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet, took a military delegation to Moscow for defence shopping and came back with several agreements. Rajiv, who had been labelled as a “pro-West” leader during his initial months in charge, belied Soviet fears of a change in the traditional relationship. [The relationship between the two leaders](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/cold-war-gorbachev-india-visits-8122491/), the Russian Rajiv’s senior by 15 years, inaugurated a five-year waltz between the two countries, ironically at a time when the Soviet Union itself was heading towards its eventual, spectacular collapse.

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Watch | Mikhail Gorbachev's controversial Pizza Hut commercial ... (Livemint)

Not only Mikhail Gorbachev, back in the 90s, Muhammad Ali and Donald Trump promoted Pizza Hut as well.

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PM modi condoles demise of former Soviet President Mikhail ... (ANI News)

New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the demise of former Soviet President Mikhail ...

Gorbachev also began a program of economic reform called Perestroika or Restructuring which was necessary as the Soviet economy was suffering from both hidden inflation and supply shortages. He was a young and dynamic soviet leader who wanted to reform the communist regime along the lines of democratic principles by giving some freedom to citizens. "I extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of H.E.

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PM Modi condoles demise of former Soviet President Mikhail ... (Times Now)

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had also ...

[Vladimir Putin](/topic/vladimir-putin), Outgoing UK Prime Minister [Boris Johnson](/topic/boris-johnson)and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had also expressed condolences over the demise of Gorbachev. BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction to contest local elections in alliance: Maharashtra BJP president [Gorbachev](/topic/gorbachev), one of the leading statesmen of the 20th century who left an indelible mark on the course of history.

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PM Modi condoles demise of former Soviet President Mikhail ... (Organiser)

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the demise of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and recalled his.

He began the withdrawal of most Soviet tactical nuclear weapons from Eastern Europe. Gorbachev also began a program of economic reform called Perestroika or Restructuring which was necessary as the Soviet economy was suffering from both hidden inflation and supply shortages. He was a young and dynamic soviet leader who wanted to reform the communist regime along the lines of democratic principles by giving some freedom to citizens.

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Mikhail Gorbachev Death: पीएम मोदी बोले- गोर्बाचेव के दौर में भारत-रूस ... (ABP News)

Mikhail Gorbachev: सोवियत संघ के पूर्व नेता गोर्बाचेव का लंबी बीमारी के बाद मॉस्को के एक ...

पुतिन के साथ कई रूसी नेता मानते हैं कि सोवियत संघ के टूट जाने के बाद सोवियत संघ कमजोर पड़ गया. गोर्बाचेव 1985 से 1991 तक सोवियत संघ के नेता थे. गोर्बाचेव के पुतिन के साथ संबंध अच्छे नहीं थे. [नरेंद्र मोदी](https://www.abplive.com/topic/narendra-modi) (Narendra Modi) ने सोवियत संघ के अंतिम नेता और पूर्व राष्ट्रपति मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव (Mikhail Gorbachev) के निधन पर गुरुवार को शोक व्यक्त किया. गोर्बाचेव ने सोवियत संघ में राजनीतिक सुधार किए. पीएम मोदी ने ट्वीट किया, ‘मैं मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव के परिवार और दोस्तों के प्रति गहरी संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं.

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PM modi condoles demise of former Soviet President Mikhail ... (ThePrint)

Gorbachev died on Tuesday evening at 91 after a long illness. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European ...

He began the withdrawal of most Soviet tactical nuclear weapons from Eastern Europe. Gorbachev also began a program of economic reform called Perestroika or Restructuring which was necessary as the Soviet economy was suffering from both hidden inflation and supply shortages. He was a young and dynamic soviet leader who wanted to reform the communist regime along the lines of democratic principles by giving some freedom to citizens.

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Putin will not attend Gorbachev funeral, Kremlin says (The Guardian)

Russian president lays wreath at hospital where Soviet leader died but will snub funeral.

Putin had a strained relationship with Gorbachev, who initiated policies that ultimately led to the fall of the Soviet Union. Putin, then prime minister, also declared the day of Yeltsin’s death a day of national mourning. “And that, of course, deserves support from the entire public.” In this case, the government will help organise the funeral.” In remarks at a local school later on Thursday, Putin defended his war in Ukraine, claiming that Russia’s enemies were “starting to create an anti-Russian enclave that threatens our country”. “Unfortunately, the president’s work schedule will not allow him,” Peskov said.

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Putin pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but won't attend his funeral (Economic Times)

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russias westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow ...

The bloodthirsty nature of our opponents has come to light, and it’s good that we realized that in time.” India's core sector growth slowed to a six-month low of 4.5% in July, pulled down by crude oil, natural gas, cement, and electricity. “Gorbachev gave an impulse for ending the Cold War and he sincerely wanted to believe that it would be over and an eternal romance would start between the renewed Soviet Union and the collective West,” Peskov said. “He deeply realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions for the acute problems.” Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral's status reflect the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. He wouldn’t elaborate how the ceremony will differ from a full-fledged state funeral.

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Was Mikhail Gorbachev a hero? That depends on who — and where ... (Grid News)

The legacy of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has its complicated — and darker — sides.

He also toed the current Kremlin line that [the West had made a dangerous mistake](https://www.gorby.ru/en/presscenter/publication/show_29421/) in “trying to draw Ukraine into NATO.” All the while, Gorbachev criticized Putin for his crackdown on internal dissent and independent media. Gorbachev may have navigated a peaceful end to the Cold War and saved the world from calamity, but for millions of Russians, he was responsible for the disorder and penury that followed, along with a rapid descent in Russia’s status on the global stage. But for a Russian pensioner or soldier or local government official — or for one of those Russian navy cadets or officers — this was the reality. I was a journalist in Moscow in this early post-Soviet time, a period marked by a collapse in the value of the Russian ruble, rampant inflation and a spike in violent crime — in a nation that had succeeded in little else but always managed to keep the public order. When Gorbachev ran for the Russian presidency in 1996, he received less than 1 percent of the vote. That secrecy almost certainly cost the lives of plant workers and residents of the area, and was in any case an unconscionable silence. Ask Lithuanians how they remember Gorbachev, and you will get a sense for the paradox: On the one hand, it was his statecraft that led to their independence movement; on the other, when Lithuanians In the uneasy two-year period between the 1989 revolutions and the formal end of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev dispatched troops to quell unrest in other parts of his fading empire. He didn’t want the Soviet Union to go away; his hopes were for a democratic socialism or a more humane form of communism. Meanwhile, Gorbachev’s failings — real and exaggerated by Russian nationalist propaganda — were central to the rise of Vladimir Putin, who served Gorbachev’s Kremlin as an officer in the KGB. On the one hand, there is no question: The demise of the Soviet Union would never have happened in the peaceful way it did had a lesser statesman been at the helm. Counterfactuals are hard, but a final chapter of the Cold War featuring someone other than Gorbachev (or, for that matter, leaders less capable than Bush and Secretary of State James Baker) might have ended in very different and nasty ways.

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