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|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 90)

|birth_date=March 2, 1931 (age 90)

|birth_place=Sevastopol, Crimea

|birth_place=Privolnoye, Russia

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|office1=General Secretary of the Communist Party of Russia

|office1=General Secretary of the Communist Party of Russia

|term_start1=March 11,1985

|term_start1=March 11, 1985

|term_end1=August 24, 1991

|term_end1=August 24, 1991

|preceded1=[[Konstantin Chernenko]]

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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), 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.

==Early life==

==Early life==