Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91 (1 Viewer)

[Sand]

I figure it's worth it's own spot as he was one of the most impactful leaders of the 20th century. The fall of the USSR, the Berlin Wall, Glastnost, the list goes on for what he had a hand in. RIP.

 

[timschochet]

He thought he could liberalize the Soviet Union without losing it’s essential structure. But once he started events moved much faster than he anticipated.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I’ll be honest, I had no idea he was still alive.

 

[Da Guru]

Putin despised that Gorby was behind the dismantling of the Soviet Union.

 

[E Street Brat]

He thought he could liberalize the Soviet Union without losing it’s essential structure. But once he started events moved much faster than he anticipated.

Maybe we should have tried to help them have a softer landing.