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What was the cause of Gorbachev's death?
Prolonged illness
On 30 August 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader and president of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, died after a long illness at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in Russia.
How did Gorbachev lose power?
Growing nationalist sentiment within constituent republics threatened to break up the Soviet Union, leading hardliners within the Communist Party to launch an unsuccessful coup against Gorbachev in August 1991. In the coup's wake, the Soviet Union dissolved against Gorbachev's wishes.
Why did Gorbachev win the Nobel Prize?
In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, and the Cold War between East and West was brought to a halt. In 1990, the Nobel Committee gave President Gorbachev the main credit for this by awarding him the Peace Prize. Gorbachev grew up under Stalin's regime, and experienced German occupation in World War II.
Did Gorbachev have a second wife?
Raisa Gorbacheva
Mikhail Gorbachev / Wife
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. Wikipedia
Born: March 2, 1931, Privol'noe, Russia
Died: August 30, 2022 (age 91 years), Moscow Central Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
Previous offices: President of the Soviet Union (1990–1991) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)
Presidential term: March 15, 1990 – December 25, 1991
Spouse: Raisa Gorbacheva (m. 1953–1999)
Children: Irina Virganskaya
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