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Mikhail Gorbachev

Also known as Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Gorby, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov, Mikhail Gorbachyov, Mikhail Gorbachov, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, M. Gorbachev, M.S. Gorbachev

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)

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Mikhail Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, a period when he introduced major reforms intended to modernize the communist state. His policies ultimately contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, making him a pivotal figure in late 20th-century history.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 15

Top works

Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century
Gorbachev
Socialism, Peace, and Democracy
CARTA A LA TERRA
19th All-union Conference of the CPSU (Documents and Materials Report by Mikhail Gorbachev)

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Film & TV

Acting · Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the…

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Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown — Self (archive footage)2026
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World — Self (archive footage)2025
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective — Self - Former General Secretary CCCP2025
Gorbacheva2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War — Self (archive footage)2024
Traitors — Self (archive footage)2024
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? — Self (archive footage)2024
In the Grip of Gazprom — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
The Man Who Challenged Putin — Self2023
Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator — Self (archive footage)2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Soviet Union
Active from: 1931
Active to: 2022

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 125
Total plays: 568

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,528x
SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 24,060x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,368x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,326x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,734x

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Quotes

“Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.”
“Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life.”
“The accident at Chernobyl showed again what an abyss will open if nuclear war befalls mankind. For inherent in the nuclear arsenals stockpiled are thousands upon thousands of disasters far more horrible than the Chernobyl one.”
“The Soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.”
“The [[Berlin Wall|[Berlin] wall]] can disappear when those conditions that created it fall away.”
“Dangers await only those who do not react to life.”