Mikhail Gorbachev, whose attempt to modernize ... Gorbachev served as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in effect its leader, and in 1990 he became the Soviet Union's ...

Mikhail Gorbachev ... A full Politburo member since 1980, Gorbachev became more influential in 1982 when his mentor, Andropov, succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as general secretary of the party.

He had a "long illness" and will be buried next to his wife. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died "after a serious and long illness," the Central Clinical Hospital reported on Tuesday.

(NEXSTAR) – Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president and the man known ... Union in the early 1990s after serving as the last general secretary of the party from 1985 to 1991.

The death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ... NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Gorbachev’s “historic reforms” on Wednesday, saying they “opened the possibility ...

(AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File) Mikhail Gorbachev ... Gorbachev served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. During his time in this role ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War ... In March 1985, Gorbachev ascended to the top spot in the Soviet government, general secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Committee.