“Mikhail Gorbachev was a man of remarkable vision,” President ... Soviet Union. The government also ceased jamming foreign radio broadcasts and lifted the ideological restraints that had ...

The detailed sculpture, unveiled in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Moscow Metro system, is known for its ornate mosaics ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of 91, The Associated Press reported, citing Russian news agencies. The TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax agencies ...

But across the Soviet Union, republics – one after another – were declaring independence and on December 25, 1991, Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president. As he read his resignation speech ...

An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the president ... s window on the Soviet Union,” the historian James ...

While Russia is no longer communist, its president, Vladimir Putin, considers the fall of the Soviet Union the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century" and is currently (as of ...

The final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was buried in Moscow on Saturday after a funeral that was snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and not accorded the status of a ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. He will be remembered, at least in the West, as a pragmatic leader who ...

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa in Paris, France, July 5, 1989. Laurent Rebours/AP Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union before it dissolved. He ruled as general ...