By the time Gorbachev became General Secretary, in March of 1985, he was deeply committed to domestic reform and fundamental changes in Soviet foreign policy. "I, like many others," he observed ...

TASS/. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was an honest negotiator whose word could be counted on, the New York Times correspondent Peter Baker quoted Former US Secretary of State (1989 ...

James Baker III, who was US Secretary of State during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, called Gorbachev a “giant who steered his great nation towards democracy.” “He played the critical ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to ...

Gorbachev held the Soviet presidential post for six years. The politician proclaimed a new course almost immediately after his appointment as Secretary General of the Communist Party’s Central ...

Gorbachev turned 87 on Friday. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-1991) and the first and only President of the Soviet Union (1990-1991).

Gorbachev died on Aug. 30 as the war continued ... In 1986, when he was still general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred. That catastrophe also ...

play Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union In 1985 Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the age of 54. Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet ...