Mikhail Gorbachev
Known for
Acting
Born
March 2, 1931
Birthplace
Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Died
August 30, 2022 (aged 91)
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.
Best known work
The Abyss
1989
Zero Days
2016
Faraway, So Close!
1993
History 101
2020
The 11th Hour
2007
Meeting Gorbachev
2019
The Battle of Chernobyl
2007
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
Putin's Witnesses
2018
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
2022Filmography
TBA
2026
2025
2025
JFK Assassination: A New Perspectiveas Self - Former General Secretary CCCP
2025
AUM: The Cult at the End of the Worldas Self (archive footage)
2024
2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
The Man Who Challenged Putinas Self
2023
In the Grip of Gazpromas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
2022
2022
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapesas Self (archive footage)
2021
Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!as Self (archive footage)
2021
Gorbachev. Heavenas Self
2021
The Art of Dissentas Self - Subject (archive footage)
2021
Stasi: A State Against Its Peopleas Self (archive footage)
2021
2021
Sakharov. Two Livesas Self (archive footage)
2021
Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSRas Self (archive footage)
2020
The Long Breakupas Self - Politician (archive footage)
2020
2020
My Favorite Waras Self - Politician (archive footage)