Mikhail Gorbachev (mar 15, 1990 – dec 25, 1991)
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Mikhail Gorbachev, was a Soviet official, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. His efforts to democratize his country’s political system and decentralize its economy led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. In part because he ended the Soviet Union’s postwar domination of eastern Europe, Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1990.Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 15, 1990
dec 25, 1991
~ 1 years and 9 months