Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev (left) enjoys a Corny Dog with Fletcher family members and employees, including Greg True (center with white beard and glasses and tray of dogs ...

Perhaps the most valuable lesson we can draw from Mikhail Gorbachev’s life is that even the strongest and most influential leaders ... When he left the White House and George H.W. Bush ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the late and unlamented USSR, has died at 91. Though he was Soviet leader for fewer than six years, they were hugely eventful years, and that period, coupled with ...

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.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragedy is that he outlived the thaw in the Cold War between Moscow and the US, after doing more than anyone to engineer it. CNN values your feedback 1.

It’s hard to sift history’s judgment from the hot takes, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telegram of condolence on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev does little to help.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, center, and his wife, Nancy, listen to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev speak at the White House on Dec. 10, 1987. (Reuters/Gary Hershorn) ...

Mr. Gorbachev was charming and presented himself as a reformer, but neither Ronald Reagan nor George Bush was convinced he was for real. They would both be proved wrong.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragedy is that he outlived the thaw in the Cold War between Moscow and the US, after doing more than anyone to engineer it. CNN values your feedback 1.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s tragedy is that he outlived the thaw in the Cold War between Moscow and the US, after doing more than anyone to engineer it. CNN values your feedback 1.