Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of death ...
The Soviet Union ceased to exist as a nation 30 years ago today. On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union. The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at 91. Gorbachev instituted major reforms that contributed to the collapse of the USSR in 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Peace ...
In 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed, the average Russian got married between the ages of 18 and 24, had one or two children, and was expected to live to the age of 69. About 1-in-8 Russians ...
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 ...
This December is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union – how does an empire collapse?
Sheila Fitzpatrick does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
On Christmas Day 1991, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sat down at a table deep inside the Kremlin and prepared to deliver a monumental speech. Associated Press reporter Alan Cooperman was among the ...
Lithuanian citizens who lost relatives during the Soviet Union’s crackdown on their country’s attempt to reach independence, on Thursday sued former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the ...
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When the Soviet Union collapsed on Christmas Day in 1991, a wave of euphoria washed over the West. Barely two years had elapsed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and suddenly, the Cold War was over.
VILNIUS – Robertas Povilaitis, the son of a man killed during the Soviet crackdown in Lithuania in January 1991, said on Tuesday he regretted that prosecutors never opened a criminal case against ...
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