Mikhail Gorbachev

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-03-02

Day of death

2022-08-30 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Mikhail Gorbachev

Biography

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.

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    DAS!

  • The Johannes B. Kerner Show

    The Johannes B. Kerner Show

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    maybrit illner

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    Beckmann

  • The School for Scandal

    The School for Scandal

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • History 101

    History 101

  • Menschen

    Menschen

  • AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

    AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

  • Ein Herz für Kinder

    Ein Herz für Kinder

  • Goldene Henne

    Goldene Henne

  • Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

    Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

  • Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

    Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

  • Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

  • Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

  • New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

    New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

  • Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

  • À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

  • Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

    Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

  • Reagan

    Reagan

  • Desert Storm: The War Begins

    Desert Storm: The War Begins

  • The Arrow of Time

    The Arrow of Time

  • Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

    Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

  • The 11th Hour

    The 11th Hour

  • Freedom's Fury

    Freedom's Fury

  • First Ladies

    First Ladies

  • Free to Rock

    Free to Rock

  • Palme

    Palme

  • Zero Days

    Zero Days

  • Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

    Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

  • Era Of Dance

    Era Of Dance

  • Zero Hour

    Zero Hour

  • Meeting Gorbachev

    Meeting Gorbachev

  • Satans mördare

    Satans mördare

  • The Long Breakup

    The Long Breakup

  • Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

    Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

  • He Came to Give Us Freedom

    He Came to Give Us Freedom

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    Putin's Witnesses

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    Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR

  • Latest News About Doomsday

    Latest News About Doomsday

  • The Art of Dissent

    The Art of Dissent

  • The Last Days of the USSR

    The Last Days of the USSR

  • Day of Revelation

    Day of Revelation

  • But... Seriously

    But... Seriously

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    Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

  • Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

    Ceausescu: Behind the Myth

  • 41

    41

  • Album

    Album

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    Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

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    JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

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    The Russian Woodpecker

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    Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

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    Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

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    Disco and Atomic War

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    Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

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    Faraway, So Close!

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    The Way I See It

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    In the Grip of Gazprom

  • Three Wars

    Three Wars

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    Disaster at Chernobyl

  • Die Sekretäre

    Die Sekretäre

  • Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator

    Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator

  • Traitors

    Traitors

  • Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

    Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

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    Children of the 20th Congress

  • The Second Russian Revolution

    The Second Russian Revolution

  • Frenemies: Putin and Trump

    Frenemies: Putin and Trump

  • Sakharov. Two Lives

    Sakharov. Two Lives

  • The Battle of Chernobyl

    The Battle of Chernobyl

  • The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

  • When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

    When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World

  • Hammer & Tickle

    Hammer & Tickle

  • Der springende Punkt

    Der springende Punkt

  • The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files

    The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files

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    Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired

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    Stasi, un État contre son peuple

  • My Favorite War

    My Favorite War

  • The Soviet Story

    The Soviet Story

  • Coup-2: Yet Another Uprising or the Shadow of Civil War

    Coup-2: Yet Another Uprising or the Shadow of Civil War

  • A Bitter Taste of Freedom

    A Bitter Taste of Freedom

  • Quando c'era Berlinguer

    Quando c'era Berlinguer

  • Laissez-faire

    Laissez-faire

  • 30 Years of Democracy

    30 Years of Democracy

  • The Man Who Defied Beijing

    The Man Who Defied Beijing

  • Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party

    Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party

  • Lusia in Wonderland

    Lusia in Wonderland

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    Gorbachev. Heaven

  • Those Who Dare

    Those Who Dare

  • Here to Stay

    Here to Stay

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    Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo!

  • Hype: The Obama Effect

    Hype: The Obama Effect

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    Gorbacheva

  • Our Africa

    Our Africa

  • The Collapse of The Soviet Union

    The Collapse of The Soviet Union

  • Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le monde

    Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, l'homme qui a changé le monde

  • Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the World

    Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the World