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  2. List of leaders of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Allied leaders of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting along with the Allied Powers (at one point or another) are depicted in blue, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey. The Allied leaders of World War I were the political and military figures that fought for or supported the Allied Powers during World ...

  4. General secretaryship of Mikhail Gorbachev - Wikipedia

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    Gorbachev was happy with the result, describing it as "an enormous political victory under extraordinarily difficult circumstances". [157] The new Congress convened in May 1989. [158] Gorbachev was then elected its chair—the new de facto head of state—with 2,123 votes in favor to 87 against. [159]

  5. Mikhail Gorbachev - Wikipedia

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    On becoming leader, Gorbachev saw withdrawal from the war as a key priority. [211] In October 1985, he met with Afghan Marxist leader Babrak Karmal, urging him to acknowledge the lack of widespread public support for his government and pursue a power sharing agreement with the opposition. [211]

  6. List of heads of state of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    However, the first and only Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev, was elected by the democratically elected Congress of People's Deputies. [9] In connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union national elections for the office of President never took place. To be elected to the office a person must have been a Soviet citizen and older than ...

  7. Foreign relations of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The goal was to create something akin to the Vietnam War, which would drain Soviet forces and morale. When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, he sought to restructure the Soviet Union to resemble the Scandinavian model of western social democracy and thus create a private sector economy. He withdrew Soviet troops ...

  8. Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Leader Of The USSR, Dies At 91 - AOL

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    Credited as the man most responsible for the end of the Cold War, Gorbachev was beloved and loathed in equal measure.

  9. Occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    The new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985 and responded with glasnost and perestroika. They were attempts to reform the Soviet system from above to avoid revolution from below. The reforms occasioned the reawakening of nationalism in the Baltic republics. [67]