4 A portrait of Raisa Gorbacheva and Mikhail Gorbachev, who were married in September 1953. They were married for 46 years before Raisa died of leukemia in 1999. 5 A young Gorbachev leads a ...

A portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev is displayed on the wall during his memorial service at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, on Sept. 3, 2022.

Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow in March 1990. (V.Armand/AFP/Getty Images) Failing upward into the world’s gratitude, Mikhail Gorbachev became a hero by precipitating the liquidation of the ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, whose attempt to modernize communist control of the Soviet Union unleashed forces that brought down the superpower, has died, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.

Mikhail Gorbachev died on Aug. 30. Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, which itself died in his arms on Dec. 25, 1991. His legacy will be forever debated and is as controversial toda… ...

Mikhail Gorbachev during a news conference in Moscow in 1996. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images) The tumultuous events of the Soviet Union during the 20th century — Stalin’s Great Terror, the ...

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, formerly one of the most powerful men on the planet, had just sung the praises of poultry. What a good sport. When Victor Cooper saw the video, he was astonished and ...

Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 – has died at the age of 91.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Soviet Union in the late 1980s until its downfall in 1991, has died at the age of 91, ... Israeli official insists Trump acted before US was attacked.

The Kremlin's official explanation: No space in his schedule. As people made their way inside the Columned Hall of the House of Unions, sombre music played - a huge black and white portrait of Mr ...

FILE - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989. Russian news agencies are reporting ...

I first met Mikhail Gorbachev in May 1996, more than four years after the demise of the USSR. He was attempting a political comeback and challenging Boris Yeltsin in Russia's presidential election.