The Cold War ended in triumph for the idea of freedom because of Ronald Reagan, not Mikhail Gorbachev, who as late as 1988 quoted the Communist Manifesto when asked his position on private property.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev poses with President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush at New York's Governors Island with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop on Dec. 7, 1988.

To believe, in the 1980s, that Ronald Reagan was going ... Comically, as Reagan inches closer to an arms-reduction deal with Mikhail Gorbachev, an unseen TV reporter — it sounds like Andrea ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

1985-1988 – Participates in a series of summit talks with US President Ronald Reagan. 1987 – Signs ... March 2, 2011 – On his 80th birthday, Gorbachev is awarded Russia’s highest honor ...

Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews. (JTA) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet ...

1985-1988 – Participates in a series of summit talks with US President Ronald Reagan. 1987 – Signs ... Socio-Economic and Political Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation) 1993-2000 – Founds ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the USSR. Personal Birth date: March 2, 1931 Death date: August 30, 2022 Birth place: Privolnoye, Russia, ...