Gorbachev,+Mikhail

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was General Secretary between the 11th of March 1985 till the 24th of August 1991 for the Soviet Union. In 1989 Gorbachev was named Time Magazines Man of the Decade after being named Man of the Year in 1987. Mikhail Gorbachev had the concepts of Glasnost and perestroika which were those of openness and restrusuring the Soviet Union as well as influencing the world balance of power and East-West relations. For these concepts he won the Nobel peace prize.

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