At age 91, Mikhail Gorbachev passed away. He served as the final president of the former Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
What did Gorbachev die of?
Mikhail Gorbachev passed away after a protracted illness, according to Russian state news sources.
According to RIA Novosti on Tuesday, "Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening following a severe and protracted illness," the Central Clinical Hospital announced.
People claim that the guy who made significant political and economic changes in the USSR that contributed to the conclusion of the Cold War was ill for a protracted period.
According to Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's spokesman, the Russian president sent his sympathies.
According to RIA Novosti, Vladimir Putin will communicate with Mikhail Gorbachev's loved ones on Wednesday.
Gorbachev changed the norm for Soviet leaders, who up until then had typically been distant, frigid personalities, with his outgoing, personable attitude.
He worked to implement important reforms to make the system operate more effectively and democratically almost from the beginning of his administration. Thus, "glasnost" (openness) and "perestroika," are the two catchphrases of the Gorbachev period (restructuring).
When I started these reforms, freedom, and democracy—without any bloodshed—were my compass points. The people would stop being a herd being herded by a shepherd as a result. They would acquire citizenship, he added later.
According to the Gorbachev Foundation, which was cited by RIA Novosti, he will be laid to rest alongside his wife at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.