Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at the age 91 on Tuesday, will likely be cast as a forgotten figure of another century by those who are penning encomiums to the former Soviet premier. But he has lately ...
OAKLAND, Calif. - The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev died Tuesday at the age of 91. He was admired by many in the West for opening the doors to Russia and helping to end the Cold ...
Russian historian Andrei Zubov was 33 years old and attending a conference in Leningrad in 1985 when he heard that Mikhail Gorbachev, 54, had been elevated to the post of general secretary of the ...