Moscow/New Delhi. Noted leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the last president of the Russian Soviet Union, died on Tuesday after suffering a prolonged illness. He breathed his last at the age of 91. Mikhail Gorbachev was the last President of the Soviet Union. Before becoming President, he was also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Apart from this, he held many important positions.
Ended the cold war without fighting
In fact, the Russian news agency Sputnik quoted a statement from the Central Clinical Hospital as saying that he died after a long illness. However, no other information has been given other than this. It is said about Mikhail Gorbachev that he ended the Cold War without fighting. However, they failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Undertaken to reform the communist regime
Mikhail Gorbachev was a highly influential leader of the Soviet Union who pioneered reforms in communist rule. Gorbachev wanted the Soviet government to be run on the basis of democratic principles in which the common people would have some freedom. It is true that in 1989, when the winds of pro-democracy movement broke out in the Eastern European part of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev used a lot of force to stop it.
Also known for Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev also supported the policy of glasnost, or freedom of expression, which was tightly guarded during the previous regime. Along with this he is also known for Perestroika which was an economic program. Perestroika meant economic restructuring. At that time the Soviet Union was in great need of this because then it was facing recession and severe shortage of essential commodities.
was awarded the Nobel Prize
During that time Gorbachev also gave cultural freedom to the media and the art world. He made many revolutionary reforms in the direction of loosening the hold of the Communist Party on the government. At the same time, thousands of political prisoners and critics of the Communist regime were also released from prison. Gorbachev is credited with implementing the nuclear disarmament agreement with the US. For this he was also awarded the Nobel Prize.
Born in poverty but rose to the highest position
Gorbachev came from a very poor family. He grew up and grew up under Stalin’s rule. He had studied law. He was the last President of the Soviet Union (1990–91). Prior to this, he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Apart from this, he held many important positions. From 1988 to 1989 he was the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. From 1988 to 1991, he was the state country chief. From 1989 to 1990 he served as chairman of the Supreme Soviet.
After the collapse of the USSR, there were many allegations
He has also been accused of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Some believe that the disintegration of Soviet Russia could have been prevented if Gorbachev, who came to power in 1985, had made more strenuous efforts to modernize a government-controlled economy by reining in the political system.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev again contested elections in Russia, but he had to face a tremendous defeat. He finished seventh in the presidential election. In later days he became a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin.