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[[Image:03-026.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mikhail Gorbachev]]
[[Image:03-026.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Mikhail Gorbachev]]
'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''' (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 world not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular in the West.
'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev''' (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 world not previously seen under Soviet rule, Gorbachev became quite popular in the West.
==Early life==
==Early life==