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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s final leader, dies
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure...
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, dies aged 91
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, the former leader of the USSR who helped end the Cold War but could not prevent...
A century after Lenin's death, the USSR's founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNot long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and...
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMikhail Gorbachev, the former Russian leader who was instrumental in ending the Cold War, creating a more free and democratic society in his country and...
Mikhail Gorbachev, Whose Drive To Transform The Soviet Union Ended The Cold War, Has Died
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHis democratizing drive made him the toast of diplomatic circles and a cult hero in the West, the...
Fallen colossus: USSR's terror, triumphs began 100 years ago
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart,” he said. Five years after...
What really happened at Chernobyl? How the world’s worst nuclear accident happened
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoFor most residents of Pripyat, Saturday 26 April 1986 seemed a relatively unremarkable day. Some...
West mourns Gorbachev the peacemaker, Russia recalls his failures
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLONDON (Reuters) -Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who...
Putin brings back Stalin-era award for mothers who have 10 children as population declines and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin stands near a flag with portraits of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin...
Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed...