| | '''Mikhail Gorbachev''' was born on March 2, 1931, in the agricultural region of [[Stavropol]]. He attended [[Moscow]] University, were he studied law. In 1953 he married Raisa Titorenko, who was another University student. Then he returned to [[Stavropol]], and began to move gradually upward in the Communist Party. Following the death of then communist leader [[Konstantin Chernenko]] in 1985, Gorbachev was elected General Secretary. As General Secretary, Gorbachev improved relations with the [[United States]]'s president, [[Ronald Reagan]]. He embarked on an extensive mission of reforming the communist [[Soviet Union]]. He succeeded in reforming it politically, economically, and socially under the slogans of "[[Glasnost]]" which means "openness", and "[[Perestroika]]", meaning "restructuring". He was "relieved" of office in 1991 after successfully bringing down 74 years of feared communist rule. | | '''Mikhail Gorbachev''' was born on March 2, 1931, in the agricultural region of [[Stavropol]]. He attended [[Moscow]] University, were he studied law. In 1953 he married Raisa Titorenko, who was another University student. Then he returned to [[Stavropol]], and began to move gradually upward in the Communist Party. Following the death of then communist leader [[Konstantin Chernenko]] in 1985, Gorbachev was elected General Secretary. As General Secretary, Gorbachev improved relations with the [[United States]]'s president, [[Ronald Reagan]]. He embarked on an extensive mission of reforming the communist [[Soviet Union]]. He succeeded in reforming it politically, economically, and socially under the slogans of "[[Glasnost]]" which means "openness", and "[[Perestroika]]", meaning "restructuring". He was "relieved" of office in 1991 after successfully bringing down 74 years of feared communist rule. |
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