Mikhail Gorbachev
An image from The Soviet Story, one of the productions that also features Mikhail Gorbachev.
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

March 2, 1931 — Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.

Zero Days

Zero Days

2016

Meeting Gorbachev

Meeting Gorbachev

2019

The Battle of Chernobyl

The Battle of Chernobyl

2007

The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

2008

The Russian Woodpecker

The Russian Woodpecker

2015

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

2022

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

2010