Gorbachev

[ gawr-buh-chof, -chawf; Russian guhr-buh-chawf ]

noun

1. Mi·kha·il S(er·ge·ye·vich) [mi-, kahyl, sur-, gey, -, uh, -vich, mi-, keyl, myi-, kh, uh-, yeel, syi, r, -, gye, -yi-vyich], 1931–2022, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; the last president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.

Gorbachev

/ ɡərbaˈtʃɒf /

noun

1. GorbachovMikhail Sergeevich1931MSovietPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Mikhail Sergeevich (mixaˈil sirˈɡjejivitʃ). born 1931, Soviet statesman; general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1985–91): president (1988–91). Nobel peace prize 1990. His reforms ended the Communist monopoly of power and led to the break-up of the Soviet Union

Example Sentences

Gorbachev claimed that Ukrainians themselves did not want their children to learn Ukrainian.

From Time

Suffice it to say that Putin came to power after the reforms of Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

From Time

Eventually, the relationship that Reagan and Gorbachev built helped end the Cold War.

From Ozy

Of course, in Russia at that time you had just the beginning of Gorbachev, and glasnost and perestroika.

From The Daily Beast

RT also reported that former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has advised Kiev against building a wall with Russia.

From The Daily Beast

In 1990 the winner was Mikhail Gorbachev, who actually did what Carter had merely tried to do.

From The Daily Beast

When Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate at the height of the Cold War he said: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

From The Daily Beast

Still more excitingly for Cohen, glasnost included a Bukharin revival, with major support from Gorbachev himself.

From The Daily Beast

In fact I spoke by phone with President Gorbachev just today.

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