Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that transformed the map of Europe and ended the Cold War that had threatened the world ...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a pivotal figure during Russia's transition from communism to democracy, has died at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death Aug. 30, citing a hospital ...

The Western image of Mikhail Gorbachev as the victorious slayer of communism is not wrong but lacks nuance on three issues. First, his original goal was to reform and salvage, not destroy, both the ...

As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order. By Robert D. McFadden The leadership ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev ...

This week’s issue of The New Yorker went to press and into the mails several days before the death on Tuesday of Mikhail Gorbachev. In an odd and unplanned way, however, the issue contains an essay ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Russian leader who was instrumental in ending the Cold War, creating a more free and democratic society in his country and bringing an end to the Soviet Union, died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. History man: President Gorbachev in East Berlin before the fall of the Eastern Bloc (Getty) On Tuesday night, almost 31 years ...

The legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who oversaw the breakup of the Soviet Union remains a divisive topic in Russia. But whether lauded by advocates of his "openness" or loathed by people who see ...

Miklhail Gorbachev in Moscow, on 15 Feb. 2013. Senior Correspondent Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. He will be ...

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Roses are placed on a sculpture of Mikhail Gorbachev at the “Fathers of Unity” memorial in Berlin on Aug. 31. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner The news of Mikhail Gorbachev’s death Aug. 30 at the age of 91 took ...