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Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Steered Soviet Breakup, Dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Steered Soviet Breakup, Dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Steered Soviet Breakup, Dead at 91
MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91. The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No o...