Aug 31 (Reuters) - The funeral of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday in Moscow aged 91, will take place on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Gorbachev ...

Mikhail Gorbachev’s recent passing brought back many memories of the man, the Cold War and America’s eventual triumph over the Soviet Union in 1991. Praised by many in the West and reviled by many ...

The Cold War stands as one of the most significant events in United States and world history. Pavel Palazhchenko was in ...

WASHINGTON — I would not be writing these words if it were not for Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. By finally allowing Jews to emigrate en masse to ...

The moment the West’s image of the Soviet Union began to change can be pinpointed with some exactitude: it was December 1984, when Mikhail Gorbachev, then second-in-command at the Kremlin, arrived in ...

As the Cold War raged between the United States and the Soviet Union, the possibility of taking the war to outer space seemed ...

Thousands of mourners lined Moscow streets Saturday to pay their respects at the official funeral of the final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at 91 after ...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony ...

Russians said farewell to the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday in a funeral that has been snubbed by President Vladimir Putin. A public farewell ceremony for Gorbachev, ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died at the age of 91 of "a long and grave illness," Russian news agencies reported Tuesday. Gorbachev was one of the major political figures ...

An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the president. By Trip Gabriel Para el Kremlin, el presidente electo es un ...