Mikhail Gorbachev

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Born March 2, 1931 · Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Died August 30, 2022

Also known as Михаил Горбачев · Mikhail Gorbachyov · Michail Sergejewitsch Gorbatschow

Biography

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.

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Awards & recognition

honorary citizen of Košice · 2018
Global Economy Prize · 2015
Franz Josef Strauss Award · 2011
Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called · 2011
German Environmental Prize · 2010

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Osgar · 2009
Free Your Mind · 2008
Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis · 2007
Champions of the Earth · 2006
Osgar · 2005
Point Alpha Prize · 2005
Grammy Award — Best Spoken Word Album for Children · 2004
honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne · 2001
Order of Honour · 2001
Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion · 1999
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1999
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1997
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty · 1995
Grawemeyer Awards · 1994
Harvey Prize · 1992
honorary citizen of Berlin · 1992
Albert Einstein Peace Prize · 1990
honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense · 1990
Nobel Peace Prize · 1990
Financial Times Person of the Year · 1989
Golden Doves — Peace · 1989
Otto Hahn Peace Medal · 1989
Princess of Asturias Award — International Cooperation · 1989
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize · 1987
Financial Times Person of the Year · 1985
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · 1985
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" · 1982
Order of Lenin · 1981
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" · 1980
Order of the October Revolution · 1978
Order of Lenin · 1973
Order of Lenin · 1971
Order of the Badge of Honour · 1966
Medal "For Labour Valour" · 1957
Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1949
Acqui Award of History
Alexander Men Prize
Collar of the Order of the White Lion
Delta Prize — Global Understanding
Golden Plate Award
Grammy Awards
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
honorary doctor of the University of Münster
honorary doctor of the University of Tromso
Marion Dönhoff Award
North–South Prize
Order of Christopher Columbus
Order of Liberty
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Saint Agatha
Order of the White Lion
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Princess of Asturias Awards
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award