Mikhail Gorbachev

High school (ages 12+)
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1. When was Mikhail Gorbachev born?March 2, 1931
2. When did Mikhail Gorbachev die?August 30, 2022 (age 91)
3. Where was Mikhail Gorbachev born?Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Soviet Union
4. What is the awards?Nobel Peace Prize (1990)
5. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?He was the last leader of the Soviet Union who started reforms that helped end the Cold War.
6. What were Glasnost and Perestroika?Glasnost meant more openness and freedom to talk about problems, while Perestroika meant changing the economy to give more freedom to businesses.

Glasnost: A Soviet policy of 'openness' that promoted greater transparency and freedom of expression in the late 1980s.
Perestroika: A Soviet policy of 'restructuring' aimed at reforming the economic and political system of the Soviet Union.
Politburo: The principal policymaking committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Cold War: A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies, lasting from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s.