Mikhail Gorbachev had been Soviet leader for only 13 months when the Chernobyl nuclear accident happened. He describes how the authorities responded and reflects on the lessons from the disaster. I ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, ... One of the most important moments of Mr. Gorbachev’s rule came with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986.

Chernobyl disaster. Add Topic. From biorobots to babies: The 5 most surprising, ... Ironically, the Soviet Union regime under then-president Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the filming, ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91 He oversaw many changes in the USSR, which resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian state. ... and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who brought down the Iron Curtain, died at the age 91 following a long illness Tuesday, according to Russian state and independent media.

WASHINGTON — Failing upward into the world’s gratitude, Mikhail Gorbachev became a hero by precipitating the liquidation of the political system he had tried to preserve with reforms.

A speech by Gorbachev about the Chernobyl disaster as printed in Pravda on May 15, 1986. Although the nuclear accident happened on April 26, Gorbachev did not inform the Soviet people of its full ...

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet leader who knocked down the walls between East and West, dies at 91. Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War - Los Angeles Times ...

FILE - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses a group of 150 business executives in San Francisco, Monday, June 5, 1990. ... and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a voice of sanity in a crazy cold war world, and his death marks the end of a particular era in 20th century history. ... Gorbachev said that the Chernobyl disaster, ...

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in the village of Privolnoye in southern Russia. ... and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. But starting in November 1985, ...