Documents show desperate final Soviet leader fighting to retain power. Aug. 13, 2011 — -- Communist hardliners staged a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev 20 years ago, and the Soviet Union collapsed ...

Former Secretary of State James Baker on Tuesday paid tribute to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died at 91 earlier in the day, calling the former world leader a “giant who steered ...

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. “He ...

Gorbachev was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, credited with helping bring an end to the Cold War — and in turn, the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the ...

Mikhail Gorbachev’s death last month unleashed numerous commentaries and evaluations of his legacy. Predictably, many of these focused on Beijing’s perception of the last Soviet leader and what his ...

Thousands of mourners lined Moscow streets Saturday to pay their respects at the official funeral of the final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at 91 after ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Russian leader who was instrumental in ending the Cold War, creating a more free and democratic society in his country and bringing an end to the Soviet Union, died ...

President Ronald Reagan, right, talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during arrival ceremonies at the White House where the superpowers begin three-day talks in 1987. Boris Yurchenko AP It was a ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev ...

Mikhail Gorbachev's iconic 1997 Pizza Hut commercial now remains a nostalgic remembrance of Gorbachev's career as Russia's last Soviet leader following his death on Tuesday. The 1997 pizza commercial ...

BERLIN — The passing of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to Communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as a rare ...

It was the question that preoccupied President Ronald Reagan: Was Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev a religious believer? Reagan held a series of summits with Gorbachev from 1985 to 1988, and as their ...