Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Appointed in 1985, Gorbachev's domestic reforms and nuclear disarmament deals helped end the Cold War but ultimately led to ...

By the time Gorbachev became General Secretary, in March of 1985, he was deeply committed to domestic reform and fundamental changes in Soviet foreign policy. "I, like many others," he observed ...

Gorbachev died on Aug. 30 as the war continued ... In 1986, when he was still general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred. That catastrophe also ...

play Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union In 1985 Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the age of 54. Gorbachev was appointed General Secretary of the Soviet ...