Mikhail Gorbachev's life was marked by dutiful progress through a brutal world, yet he managed to save a piece of himself and become an iconic figure.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who enabled the Cold War to come to a peaceful end during his astonishing tenure as the leader of the Soviet Union, has died. He was 91 and reportedly died after a long illness ...

T he last time I saw Mikhail, it was clear his health was declining and the end drawing near. His hair was now totally white, and that famous birthmark had retreated to a mere smudge in a face ...

A reporter’s Siberian memories of Gorbachev, and that Pizza Hut commercial. Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter, recalls a childhood forever changed by a man with a distinctive birthmark.

World News; Mikhail Gorbachev, impetus of reforms in Soviet Union, dies at age 91. Published: Aug. 31, 2022, 3:01 a.m. Aug. 31, 2022, 3:01 a.m.