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|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 89)

|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 89)

|birth_place=Sevastopol, Crimea (now Russia)

|birth_place=Sevastopol, Crimea (now Russia)

|spouse=Raisa Gorbacheva (m. 1952, d. 1999)

|spouse=Raisa Gorbacheva (m. 1953, d. 1999)

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'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''', a [[Russia]]n national (born March 2, 1931 in Sevastopol, [[Crimea]]), was the last effective leader of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1985 till 1991. Embarking on a new openness with the outside not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular among [[Democratic Socialist]]s in the West.

'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''', a [[Russia]]n national (born March 2, 1931 in Sevastopol, [[Crimea]]), was the last effective leader of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1985 till 1991. Embarking on a new openness with the outside not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular among [[Democratic Socialist]]s in the West.