Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union who presided over the end of the Cold War, dies aged 91
Daily Mail
August 30, 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev - the last leader of the USSR and the man despised by Vladimir Putin and Russian nationalists for ending the Cold War and failing to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union - has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying.
The Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said that the former Soviet leader died 'after a serious and long illness', according to the Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies. Gorbachev had been suffering from long term kidney problems and was on dialysis - and was confined to a clinic during the pandemic.
The USSR's last president forged a series of arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers including Britain to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided the European continent since the Second World War - and to bring about the reunification of Germany.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev relax at Reagan's California ranch on May 2, 1992
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