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Mikhail S. Gorbachev was the last Soviet leader whose guidance set in motion a series revolutionary changes in USSR politics
Twitter/ @franakviacorkaOn December 8, 1987, then US President Ronald Reagan (R) and Gorbachev signed the US-Soviet nuclear arms treaty in Washington, D.C. The final treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons, restricting the deployment of both intermediate and short-range land-based missiles worldwide
Twitter/ @LoudMouth4444Then India's Prime minister Rajiv Gandhi with Gorbachev, Raisa Gorbachev and Sonia Gandhi at the inauguration of the Festival of India in Moscow, USSR on July 1987
Twitter/ @IYCGorbachev and his wife, Raisa, wave as they board a plane to depart New York on December 8, 1988
NYTNSIn 1999, Gorbachev was honoured with Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to put an end to the Cold War and bring forth radical changes in the East-West relations
Screengrab of the video from 'The Nobel Peace Prize' websiteMikhail Gorbachev embraces Erich Honecker with a congratulatory hug and kiss after the latter's re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party Congress in East Berlin
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