Gorbachev

Gorbachev
/gawr"beuh chawf', -chof'/; Russ. /geuhrdd bu chawf"/, n.
Mikhail S(ergeyevich) /mi kuyl" serr gay"euh vich, mi kayl"/; Russ. /myi khu yeel" syirdd gye"yi vyich/, born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist party 1985-91; president of the Soviet Union 1988-91; Nobel peace prize 1990.

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