Mikhail S. Gorbachev
One of the most influential political figures of the 20th century, Mikhail S. Gorbachev used his more than six years as leader of the Soviet Union to introduce perestroika and glasnost.
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Sept. 12, 1985
On Sept. 12, 1985, The Times published an opinion piece written by Stephen F. Cohen, professor of politics at Princeton University, about Gorbachev’s first six months as general secretary of the Communist Party.
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March 11, 1985
On Mar. 3, 1985, The Times reported that hours after the announcement of President Konstantin U. Chernenko’s death, his youngest lieutenant, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, took power in a lightning shift away from the aged elite that has rule the huge, secretive Soviet state for two decades.
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Dec. 16, 1984
On Dec. 16, 1984, The Times reported that upon his arrival at London’s Heathrow Airport, Mikhail S. Gorbachev said “There are no types of armaments that the Soviet Union would not agree to see limited and eventually banned in agreement with other states on a reciprocal basis.”
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Feb. 14, 1984
On Feb. 14, 1984, The Times reported that Konstantin U. Chernenko, 72, was chosen as the new leader of the Soviet Union.
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Feb. 10, 1984
On Feb. 10, 1984, The Times reported that Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov, 69, who had ruled the Soviet Union in ill health for only 15 months was dead.
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Nov. 12, 1982
On Nov. 12, 1982, The Times reported that former KGB chief Yuri V. Andropov was unanimously elected to succeed Leonid I. Brezhnev as Communist Party leader.
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