Mikhail Gorbachev
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Discover how the life and death of Mikhail Gorbachev transformed Europe as we knew it
Learn about Gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika.
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Learn about Mikhail Gorbachev, his policy of perestroika, and his contribution to ending the Cold War
Overview of Mikhail Gorbachev, including a discussion of his policy of perestroika.
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Consider how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union unleashed forces that ended the Cold War
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, 1987.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, 1985.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev delivering a speech at the 11th congress of the Socialist Unity...
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1986-0418-043, photograph, Peter Zimmermann
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev (centre) in East Berlin, 1986.
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1986-0416-418; photograph, Hartmut Reiche
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev (left), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1986-0421-010; photograph, Rainer Mittelstadt
Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev (right) meeting with Ronald Reagan at the White House, Washington,...
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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Ronald Reagan (left) and Mikhail Gorbachev in Red Square, Moscow, 1988.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, 1991.
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Boris Yeltsin; collapse of the Soviet Union
Russian Pres. Boris N. Yeltsin (centre) standing on an armoured vehicle parked in...
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Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Raisa Gorbachev
(From left) Nancy and Ronald Reagan and Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev on the Reagans'...
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Bush, George; Gorbachev, Mikhail
U.S. President George Bush with Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union.
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan (right) and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signing...
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Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan
U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan (left) and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev shaking hands...
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