Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Гобачёв; 1931 – 2022) was a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the Soviet Union, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991.
==Biography==
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the village of , in what was the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. His father was Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev, and his mother was Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva (née Gopkalo).
In 1990, Gorbachev established the , effectively democracy to Russia and being dubbed the "man of the decade".Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Rifts: "Cluster 6"
When Abstergo Industries realized that Gorbachev had no interest in supporting their goals, the company manipulated British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher into encouraging the Boris Yeltsin's intentions to overthrow Gorbachev as leader of the Soviet Union. And so, in August 1991, Yeltsin incited riots during Gorbachev's absence on holiday, causing him to lose popularity and ultimately paving the way for Yeltsin's opportunity to unseat him.
In December of that year, at a secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest, the Soviet Union was dissolved and Gorbachev was deposed with Yeltsin becoming the first President of Russia.
Gorbachev died on 30 August 2022 at the in Moscow, aged 91.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
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