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Former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev is dead
President of the USSR between 1990 and 1991, the statesman, a resolute reformer, had worked to end the cold war between the Eastern and Western blocs. The last leader of…
Michael Gorbachev is dead: reactions from around the world – politics
Michael Gorbachev is dead. The Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Soviet head of state died in Moscow at the age of 91. Politicians around the world reacted with…
On the death of Mikhail Gorbachev: the unfulfilled dream of democratizing a dictatorship
He ended the Cold War, made reunification possible – and abolished himself as the leader of an empire. Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. source site
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR, died at the age of 91
The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in 1992. imago stock&people via www.i/imago images/Rainer Unkel via Re DISAPPEARANCE – More tactician than strategist, this former apparatchik dreamed of…
Mikhail Gorbachev, last president of the USSR, died at the age of 91, announces a hospital dependent on the Russian presidency
Find here all of our live #GORBATCHEV 11:17 p.m. : With the disappearance of Mikhail #Gorbachev a prominent figure in European history is leaving. He will remain as the man…
Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR, died at the age of 91
The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, died on Tuesday at the age of 91 in Russia, said a hospital quoted by Russian news agencies. Today in the…
The revolution of the little pen – Munich
The Olympic medals have disappeared from her life, who knows where. But pictures can still be found in the catalog of the Texas auctioneer where they came under the hammer.…
Ex-Russian President Medvedev claims ‘hacking’ after post evoking USSR
Who really wrote this post on Dmitry Medvedev’s official page on VKontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, which appeared overnight from Monday to Tuesday and then quickly deleted? “VKontakte administrators…
Tomas Venclova’s collection of poems “Variation on the theme of awakening” – Culture
The memory – maybe it’s not just a searching movement, but also its own, wafer-thin layer in which the moments of the past are collected. An “invisible sphere”, as Tomas…
Peace Prize in Wartime: Serhiy Zhadan, the 2022 Prizewinner. – Culture
The Ukrainian writer, musician and translator Serhij Zhadan received this award with great justification. At the same time, it has a bitter aftertaste. It has the word “Peace Prize” in…