Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990. Russian news agencies report that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died in age 91. Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies quote from the Central Clinical Hospital.
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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990. Russian news agencies report that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died in age 91. Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited sources from the Central Clinical Hospital.
David Longstream / AP
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. Russian media reported on his death. His risky decision to liberalize Soviet society, confront its past and join Western leaders is said to have brought the world from the brink of nuclear conflict.
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