MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931, Privolnoye, Russian SFSR – 30 August 2022, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991.

He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and head of state of the USSR beginning in 1988, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and President of the USSR from 1990 to 1991.

He was responsible for introducing the reform policies known as Glasnost and Perestroika.

WRITINGS AND STATEMENTS

1986: Closing Speech at the 27th Congress of the CPSU

1986: Political Report of the Central Committee to the 27th Congress of the CPSU

1987: Mikhail Gorbachev's Speech at Rally in Prague

1987: Mikhail Gorbachev's reply to participants in Soviet-America 'Peace Walk' (Soviet News, 15 July, page 253)

1987: “Let the North of the globe, the Arctic, become a zone of peace.”

1988: Report and speeches at the 19th All-Union Conference of the CPSU (28 June - 1 July, 1988)

1990: Political Report of the Central Committee to the 28th Party Congress and the Party's Tasks

1990: Summation of Political Debate at the 28th Congress of the CPSU

1990: Concluding Remarks at the 28th Congress of the CPSU

1990: Mikhail Gorbachev addresses Lenin anniversary meeting (Soviet News, 25 April, page 133)

1990: Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at the White House (Soviet News, 6 June, page 181)

1990: Soviet President's speech at reception (Soviet News, 6 June, page 181)

1990: Soviet President's speech at Stanford University (Soviet News, 30 May [6 June], page 185)