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

Putin’s War on Gorbachev’s Children The Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine is part of his broader mission to undo the late Soviet premier’s entire legacy.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last leader, has died at 91 Gorbachev was the Soviet Union's last leader and played a central role in ending the Cold War. The hospital that treated him said ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War, reversed the direction of the nuclear arms race and ...

Jill Dougherty, who covered Raisa Gorbacheva’s funeral in 1999, writes how Raisa’s marriage to husband Mikhail Gorbachev (which began in 1953, the same year Stalin died) was a transformative ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. He will be remembered, at least in the West, as a pragmatic leader who ...

When word came last week that Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last President of the Soviet Union, had died, it was front-page news in the West and a matter of studied indifference in official ...

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that transformed the map of Europe and ended the Cold War that had threatened the ...

Jill Dougherty, who covered Raisa Gorbacheva’s funeral in 1999, writes how Raisa’s marriage to husband Mikhail Gorbachev (which began in 1953, the same year Stalin died) was a transformative ...