Mikhail Gorbachev

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  • Konstantin Chernenko dies

    In 1985 after Chernenko dies, leads to Gorbachev being elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party.

  • General Secretary of the Central Committee

    This is the date that Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the of the CPSU. That is the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He is elected by the Central Committee.

  • Gorbachev elected Executive President of Soviet Union

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    In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected by new parliament as Executive President of Soviet Union.

  • Withdrawl of Soviet forces

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    In 1989, Gorbachev announced the withdrawl of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.

  • Gorbachev was elected first executive President

    On March 15, 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the first executive President of the Soviet Union.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    In 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Gorbachev put under house arrest

    August 19-21, 1991. Mikhail Gorbachev was trying to establish a new government. He was trying to end the monopoly of the Communist Party. But a group of people who agreed with the Communist Party put Gorbachev under house arrest. But this was unsuccessful and this proved the end of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union. He survived the coup.

  • Gorbachev resigned as President

    Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as President on December 25, 1991. He resigned because of the pressure from groups who wanted more democratization. This was a day before the Soviet Union officially dissolved.

  • Gorbachev is Head of Foundation

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    In 1992, after he resigned as President, Gorbachev became the Head of Foundation for Social, Economic, and Political Research, think-tank founded after the August coup.