Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, opened the door to democracy in Russia. But that was not what he intended to do. A fervent believer in a more humane version of communism, he thought the policies ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, died this week. In the West he was hailed as the man who turned the Soviet Union away from communism and brought ...

When word came last week that Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last President of the Soviet Union, had died, it was front-page news in the West and a matter of studied indifference in official Moscow.

Mikhail Gorbachev’s recent passing brought back many memories of the man, the Cold War and America’s eventual triumph over the Soviet Union in 1991. Praised by many in the West and reviled by many ...

The Soviet Union was over. After leaving office, Gorbachev continued to be a highly divisive figure, giving speeches and attending events in the West, where he was celebrated for his role in bringing ...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader credited with ending the Cold War and bringing about the collapse of the USSR, will be laid to rest on Saturday, after having died Tuesday at the age of 91.

The death of the last Secretary-General of the USSR Communist Party and the last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, brought to an end the life of one of the most important statesmen of the 21st ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to Moscow on September 3 to attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, his office said. Orban will pay his respects and will be ...