Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the eighth general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on March 11, 1985.

In March 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as leader of ... In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States. He was a committed anti-communist who referred to the Soviet ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to ...

MOSCOW--Mikhail ... Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Russian President ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the first president of the Soviet Union ... general of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, he was elected to the post in 1985 following the death of his predecessor ...

When Mikhail ... about Gorbachev’s mental state because he could not sufficiently contact relatives still living in Ukraine after the invasion. On Feb. 26, two days after Russian President ...

Gorbachev and President Reagan sign key nuclear arms treaties that thaw Cold War tensions. In a series of high-profile summits, Gorbachev and President Reagan establish a good relationship and ...