Thousands of mourners lined Moscow streets Saturday to pay their respects at the official funeral of the final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at 91 after ...

As the Cold War came to an end, three world leaders stood at the crossroads of history. In Washington, Moscow, and London, George H.W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Margaret Thatcher navigated a world ...

Aug 31 (Reuters) - The funeral of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday in Moscow aged 91, will take place on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, citing Gorbachev ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — I would not be writing these words if it were not for Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. By finally allowing Jews to emigrate en masse to ...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony ...

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Dave Benett/G80/Getty Arnold Schwarzenegger with Mikhail Gorbachev (right) and his daughter, Irina Virganskaya (left) "There's an old saying, 'Never meet your heroes.' I think that's some of the worst ...

Russians said farewell to the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday in a funeral that has been snubbed by President Vladimir Putin. A public farewell ceremony for Gorbachev, ...

The letter was part of the fifth-grade assignment at St. Mary’s Catholic school in Hamilton. Students were tasked with ...

Personality can open doors, but it cannot rewrite geopolitics. By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but ...