A portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev is displayed on the wall during his memorial service at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, on Sept. 3, 2022.

People walk past the coffin of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies at the White House where the superpowers began their three-day summit talks in Washington ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last of a trio of world leaders — including U.S. President Ronald ... Nancy, listen to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev speak at the White House on Dec. 10, 1987 ...

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who brought down the Iron Curtain, died at the age 91 following a long illness Tuesday, according to Russian state and independent media.

The final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was buried in Moscow on Saturday after a funeral that was snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and not accorded the status of a ...

Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragedy is that he outlived the thaw in the Cold War between Moscow and the US, after doing more than anyone to engineer it.

Honor guards stand by the coffin of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, during a memorial service at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, on September 3, 2022.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan face each other at the end of their 1987 summit meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Oct. 12, 1986. Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images ...

Mikhail S. Gorbachev had a profound effect on his time: In little more than six tumultuous years, he lifted the Iron Curtain, transforming the map of Europe and the political climate of the world.

President Ronald Reagan, right, talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies at the White House where the superpowers begin three-day talks in 1987. Boris Yurchenko AP It ...