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Mikhail Gorbachev is born in Privolnoye (Russia) to his parents, Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev and Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva

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Mikhail Gorbachev joins the Komsomol, a young communist group, where he works as a combine harvester for 4 years.

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Gorbachev leaves Privolnoye for Moscow, where he attends the prestigious Moscow University School of law.

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Mikhail Gorbachev gets married to Raisa Gorbacheva, his wife until her death in 1999.

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Gorbachev completes his university course. He passes, and obtains a bachelors degree in law.

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Gorbachevs political career begins. He becomes the first secretary of the regional party committee (Stavropol).

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Gorbachev becomes a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Gorbachev becomes a member of the Politburo, the main policy-making group in the USSR

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Gorbachev is elected as the President of the Soviet Union after the resignation of Andrei Gromyko.

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Mikhail Gorbachev receives the Nobel Peace prize for his reforms of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc.

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After the failed August coup, tensions rise and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved

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Gorbachev stars in a Pizza Hut commercial.

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Russia, under Vladimir Putin annexes Crimea, owned by Ukraine

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Russia, under President Vladimir Putin, invades Ukraine. The invasion is publicly denounced by Gorbachev.

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At the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital, a 91 year old Mikhail Gorbachev passes away from an illness. His legacy in eastern Europe is legendary.

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A funeral is held for Mikhail Gorbachev. Hundreds of former soviet citizens show up to honour him.