Mikhail Gorbachev, The Last Soviet Leader, Revered Around The World, Reviled By Many At Home – Analysis

By Mike Eckel

(RFE/RL) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the demise of the Soviet Union and helped end decades of Cold War fear, earning a Nobel Peace Prize and the lasting enmity of millions of Russians bitter about the chaos unleashed by the collapse of the world’s largest country, has died. He was 91.

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