Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent Soviet Union's collapse, dies at the age of 91, Russian media say
Gorbachev, who ended Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent collapse of Soviet Union, dies"after a serious and long illness," Russian media report.
Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany. But the protests fuelled aspirations for autonomy in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, which disintegrated over the next two years in a chaotic fashion.On becoming general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985, aged just 54, he had set out to revitalise the system by introducing limited political and economic freedoms, but his reforms spun out of control.
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