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Mikhail Gorbachev, who ushered in an era of reform in the Soviet Union and played a role in ending the Cold War with the West, has died, Russian state media and other outlets reported on Tuesday.
He was 91.
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union, something that colored his legacy for many of the country’s citizens. But his tenure saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the lifting of the Iron Curtain. When he came to power in 1985, he stood in contrast to his immediate predecessors: Young, vibrant and smiling.
Russian state TV said that Gorbachev died after a “long and grave illness.”
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The news of the death of the last USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday got little attention outside of the former Soviet Bloc. Thirty three years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world has moved on. But for a generation of us growing behind the Iron Curtain, he changed the course of our lives and allowed us to pursue careers we never thought possible.
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Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91, according to reports.
EJ Panaligan editor Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, according to the Associated Press. The Central Clinical Hospital in Russia provided a statement to Russian news organizations that Gorbachev died after suffering from an undisclosed, long-term illness. Gorbachev served as the leader of the Soviet Union during its demise in 1991. He resigned on Christmas of that year after spending the last few months in office watching different republics declare independence. His initiatives and reforms led to the end of the Cold War but resulted in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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