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Mikhail Gorbachev | |||||||||||||
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Михаил Горбачёв | |||||||||||||
 Gorbachev in May 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU | |||||||||||||
| In office November 27, 1978 – March 11, 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Member of the Politburo of the CPSU | |||||||||||||
| In office October 21, 1980 – May 25, 1989 | |||||||||||||
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| Pronunciation | [mʲɪxɐˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ɡərbɐˈtɕɵf] | ||||||||||||
| Born | March 2, 1932 Privolnoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Died | October 22, 2013 (aged 81) West Germany | ||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Complications from surgery | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Soviet Union (1932-1990) Stateless (1990-1994) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet, Russian | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1952-1989) Independent (1989-2013) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Raisa Titarenko (m. 1953; died 1999) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Moscow State University LL.B. | ||||||||||||
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв; 2 March 1932 – 22 October 2013) was a Soviet and Russian politician, best known as the leader of the reformist movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union