Gorbachev

[ gawr-buh-chof, -chawf; Russian guhr-buh-chawf ]

noun

Mi·kha·il S(er·ge·ye·vich) [mi-kahylsur-gey-uh-vich, mi-keyl; Russian myi-khuh-yeelsyir-gye-yi-vyich], /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ, mɪˈkeɪl; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/, 1931–2022, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; the last president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.

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Gorbachev claimed that Ukrainians themselves did not want their children to learn Ukrainian.
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Suffice it to say that Putin came to power after the reforms of Gorbachev and Yeltsin.
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Eventually, the relationship that Reagan and Gorbachev built helped end the Cold War.
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Of course, in Russia at that time you had just the beginning of Gorbachev, and glasnost and perestroika.
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RT also reported that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has advised Kiev against building a wall with Russia.
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In 1990 the winner was Mikhail Gorbachev, who actually did what Carter had merely tried to do.
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When Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate at the height of the Cold War he said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
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Still more excitingly for Cohen, glasnost included a Bukharin revival, with major support from Gorbachev himself.
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In fact I spoke by phone with President Gorbachev just today.
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British Dictionary definitions for Gorbachev

Gorbachev

Gorbachov

/ (ɡərbaˈtʃɒf) /

noun

Mikhail Sergeevich (mixaˈil sirˈɡjejivitʃ). born 1931, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1985–91): president (1988–91). Nobel peace prize 1990. His reforms ended the Communist monopoly of power and led to the break-up of the Soviet Union

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