Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? Ended the Cold War, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

31.08.2022, 14:27 easternherald.com

The last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, died at the age of 92 after a long illness. Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union, reported REUTERS. In June, Gorbachev Foundation spokesman Vladimir Polyakov said that Mikhail Gorbachev was suffering from kidney disease and was undergoing treatment, including hemodialysis. He also linked the deteriorating health of the 91-year-old former president of the USSR to age.