Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the end of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of 91, according to Russian news agencies, via the Associated Press.
BREAKING: Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91.
Gorbachev’s office said earlier that he was undergoing treatment at the hospital. https://t.co/MhGaTbqQAJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 30, 2022
Born to a peasant family in Stavropol in 1931, Gorbachev watched the famines and purges of the 1930s, and the struggles of the Second World War, before embarking on a career in the Communist Party in the postwar era. He rose quickly through the ranks, recognized for his intellect and his skill and an administrator. He was viewed as a young leader who could rejuvenate the country and the party, as older leaders faded and as his predecessors, Yuri Andropov…
