Mikhail Gorbachev

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Born: 1931-03-02
Died: 2022-08-30
From: Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Михаил ГорбачевMikhail GorbachyovMichail Sergejewitsch GorbatschowMikhaïl GorbatchevMikhaïl GorbatchovMichail S. Gorbatschow

Biography

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the 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 Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.

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honorary citizen of Košice

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Global Economy Prize

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Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called

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Franz Josef Strauss Award

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German Environmental Prize

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Osgar

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Free Your Mind

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Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis

2007
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Champions of the Earth

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Point Alpha Prize

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Osgar

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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

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Order of Honour

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honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

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Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion

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Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1999
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

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Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty

1995
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1994
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honorary citizen of Berlin

1992
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Harvey Prize

1992
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Nobel Peace Prize

1990
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Albert Einstein Peace Prize

1990
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honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense

1990
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Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation

1989
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Otto Hahn Peace Medal

1989
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Golden Doves for Peace

1989
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Financial Times Person of the Year

1989
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Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

1987
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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

1985
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Financial Times Person of the Year

1985
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Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

1982
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Order of Lenin

1981
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Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

1980
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Order of the October Revolution

1978
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Order of Lenin

1973
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Order of Lenin

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Order of the Badge of Honour

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Medal "For Labour Valour"

1957
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1949
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Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Order of Liberty

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Order of Christopher Columbus

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Collar of the Order of the White Lion

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Acqui Award of History

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honorary doctor of the University of Münster

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Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

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Order of Saint Agatha

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honorary doctor of the University of Tromso

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Alexander Men Prize

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Philadelphia Liberty Medal

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Order of the White Lion

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Marion Dönhoff Award

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Delta Prize for Global Understanding

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North–South Prize

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