Mikhail Gorbachev

Born: 1931-03-02

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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The Battle of Chernobyl

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Released: 2007-01-28

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Meeting Gorbachev

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Putin's Witnesses

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The Last Days of the USSR

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Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

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The Collapse of The Soviet Union

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Released: 2024-03-19

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Released: 1988-06-01

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DAS!

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Beckmann

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First aired: 1999-01-25

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First aired: 1999-10-21

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First aired: 2024-03-12

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First aired: 2020-10-04

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First aired: 1991-05-31

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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

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First aired: 2012-11-12

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Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

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First aired: 1999-10-06

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First aired: 2004-08-29

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First aired: 2024-04-16

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