The last General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the only President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away at the age of 92. Photo: Internet It is reported that in recent years he suffered from kidney disease and was in the hospital at the time of […]
The last General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the only President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away at the age of 92.
Photo: InternetIt is reported that in recent years he suffered from kidney disease and was in the hospital at the time of his death.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the 8th and last leader of the USSR. The reform program he initiated, known as “perestroika,” led to the dissolution of the union of 15 countries.
Coming to power in 1985, Gorbachev embarked on large-scale economic and political reforms, with his main goal being to revive the collapsed economy of the country and address political issues. However, these reforms led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Due to this large-scale economic and political project, the world press refers to him as the “architect of perestroika.”
During Gorbachev’s rule, bloody events occurred in Tbilisi and Dushanbe, Riga and Baku, Vilnius and Almaty, resulting in a large number of casualties during the suppression of protests.
Photo: InternetMikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, in the city of Stavropol in southern Russia. He came to power in 1985 and left his position on December 24, 1991.