Mikhail Gorbachev
Biography
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.
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Movies (38)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
as Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
2025
AUM: The Cult at the End of the World
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Gorbacheva
2024
In the Grip of Gazprom
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Gorbachev. Heaven
as Self
2021
The Art of Dissent
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2021
Stasi, un État contre son peuple
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Sakharov. Two Lives
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Long Breakup
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
My Favorite War
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
The Way I See It
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
as Self (archive footage)
2020
30 Years of Democracy
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
The Man Who Defied Beijing
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
Meeting Gorbachev
as Self
2019
Lusia in Wonderland
as Self
2018
Putin's Witnesses
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018
Our Africa
as Self
2018
The Arrow of Time
as Self
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Soviet and Russian statesman (archive footage)
2017
Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired
as Self
2017
Free to Rock
as Self
2017
Era Of Dance
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Zero Days
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Those Who Dare
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Russian Woodpecker
as Former President Russia (archive footage)
2015
Laissez-faire
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Quando c'era Berlinguer
2014
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
2012
41
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
as Self
2012
TV Shows (12)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Traitors
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Three Wars
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
as Self (archive footage)
2022
First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)
2020
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Код доступа
as Self
2017
Легенды кино
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
as Self
2012