Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
Preditent Ronald Reagan anounced that Mikhail Gorbachev took the wall down. Since that day Mikhail Gorbachev came to be a famous person. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its collapse in December of 1991.
The policy of glasnost, or openness was paired with perestroika, or restructuring. They were introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, who became general secretary in 1985.
The English spelling of the Russian word is glasnost, meaning openness.The name was applied to the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev began to give the Soviet people more freedoms.
Mikhail Gorbachev was president when the Soviet Union collapsed into independent nations, begining in early in 1985.
He was in power from March 11, 1985 - August 24, 1991.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev replaced Konstantin Chernenko as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985. Chernenko had a brief tenure marked by ill health, and Gorbachev's leadership introduced significant reforms, including glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which ultimately transformed the Soviet Union.
Glasnot was initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev. It was the openness of talking about political and economic realities. It was initiated in 1985.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned Christmas day, 1991 following the Fall of the Berlin Wall and he resigned in order to bring a democratic reform to Russia. He was said to end the Cold War."Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -Ronald Reagan