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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв (help·info), Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov, Russian pronunciation: [mʲɪxɐˈil sʲɪrˈgʲeɪvʲɪʨ gərbɐˈʨof]; born March 2, 1931 in Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai), is a Russian politician. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union an the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991.

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  • 1988:In a major reorganization of the Soviet hierarchy, this man becomes head of the U.S.S.R.
  • He was the driving force in his country's reforms
  • He took over in 1985 at age 54, following a series of senior citizens
  • 1985:This new General Secretary of the Communist Party brings Yeltsin to Moscow
  • This world leader met Reagan in Iceland in 1986
  • (Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) For our narration of "Peter and the Wolf: Wolf Tracks", I shared a 2003 Grammy Award with Sophia Loren & this former Soviet President
  • He was the last president of the Soviet Union
  • This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
  • This Russian eulogized Reagan as "a president who listened" though "we had to overcome mistrust"
  • In December 1991 he gave Yeltsin the nuclear codes
  • The first of Reagan's several historic meetings with this man came in Geneva in 1985

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