Mikhail Gorbachev: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Born	March 2, 1931 • Russia
Died	August 30, 2022 (aged 91) • Moscow • Russia
Title / Office	president (1990-1991), Soviet Union
Founder	Congress of People’s Deputies
Political Affiliation	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (2003) • Nobel Prize (1990)
Role In	Afghan War • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty • Strategic Arms Reduction Talks • collapse of the Soviet Union • Reykjavík summit of 1986

Gorbachev won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2004, along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton.
After the August Coup of 1991, Gorbachev understood that influence and support had shifted to Boris Yeltsin.
Gorbachev has appeared in Lous Vuitton print advertisements.