Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, died Tuesday at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death, citing the hospital that was treating him ...

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 ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, whose attempt to modernize communist ... when he demanded that the Soviet leader tear down the wall that divided the city between east and west and became emblematic of the ...

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on March 2 ... Mr. Gorbachev was the first Soviet leader since Lenin to have studied law, and as a student of courtroom rhetoric he became an effective ...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attends a podium discussion on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 8, 2014 in Berlin ...

WATCH: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, presided over the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of the Cold War. Born on March 2, 1931, into a poor family in ...

(AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File) Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian state media reported and his personal press secretary Vladimir Polyakov confirmed to CBS News. His cause of ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 91 and reportedly died after a long illness ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who embarked on a path of radical reform that brought about the end of the Cold War, reversed the direction of the nuclear arms race and ...