(JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, died at 91. Russian media said ...

The last president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and father of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev ... the last Soviet leader was admitted for pneumonia. Gorbachev was the top ...

MOSCOW--Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize ... to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became Soviet leader in March 1985. By the end of his rule he was powerless ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR.PersonalBirth date: March 2, 1931Death date: August ...

1952 – Joins the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and works in various positions in the party for the next two decades. 1955-1958 – Becomes the ... effectively the leader of the USSR.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a series of reforms and the Communist Party gave up its 70-year monopoly of political power in the Soviet Union.

With her deep understanding of Russia Massie played a crucial role in shaping US-Soviet relations Suzanne Massie an American ...

President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.