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On 1 July 1988, the fourth and last day of a bruising 19th Party Conference, Gorbachev won the backing of the tired delegates for his last-minute proposal to create a new supreme legislative body called the Congress of People's Deputies. Frustrated by the old guard's resistance, Gorbachev embarked on a set of constitutional changes to attempt ...
[1] [31] Gorbachev expected much opposition to his nomination as general secretary, but ultimately the rest of the Politburo supported him. [32] Shortly after Chernenko's death, on 11 March 1985, , the Politburo unanimously elected Gorbachev as his successor. [33] [34] He thus became the eighth leader of the Soviet Union. [35]
At the age of 54, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected to the general secretariat by Politburo on 11 March 1985. [29] In May 1985, Gorbachev publicly admitted the slowing down of the economic development and inadequate living standards, being the first Soviet leader to do so while also beginning a series of fundamental reforms.
1 October 1988 3 years, 66 days 10 Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) [22] 1 October 1988 25 May 1989 236 days 11th–12th Convocation: Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1990) [note 3] Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) [22] 25 May 1989 15 March 1990 294 days 12th Convocation: President of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 ...
On 18 October 1991, in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace Mikhail Gorbachev and the leaders of eight Union republics (excluding Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan) signed the Treaty on the Economic Community as planned. Ukraine and Moldova said they would sign at a later date.
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials ...
Gorbachev's father had joined the Red Army and fought on the frontlines; he was wrongly declared dead during the conflict and fought in the Battle of Kursk before returning to his family, injured. [20] After Germany was defeated, Gorbachev's parents had their second son, Aleksandr, in 1947; he and Mikhail would be their only children. [11]
Gorbachev's security detail managed to construct a makeshift television antenna so he and his family could watch the press conference. [39] After viewing the conference, Gorbachev expressed confidence that Yeltsin would be able to stop the coup. That night, his family smuggled out a videotape of Gorbachev condemning the coup.