1989 cover of Time Magazine showing US President George H W Bush and Russian leader Gorbachev. 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) Soviet statesman. He was the final leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, head of state from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991. President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991).

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