Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a press conference in the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, in 1985. Staff Writer Countless words will be dedicated in the following days to Mikhail Gorbachev, the ...

“Imagine a country that launches Sputnik and it can’t solve the problem of women’s pantyhose. There’s no toothpaste, no soap, not the basic necessities of life. It was humiliating to work in such a ...

The momentous era of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was often defined by buzzwords and slogans. From perestroika to glasnost to "Gorbymania", here are five of the best-known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mikhail Gorbachev was only Soviet leader for a little over six years, from 1985 to 1991, but they were six years that changed both ...

Gorbachev juggles the fears of Soviet liberal writers and the literary establishment, as he welcomes wider press freedom Leading Soviet poets, writers and journalists who had been invited to the party ...

In his new book, "Perestroika Glasnost and Socialism" (published by Partridge India), K Vijayachandran presents a collection of twenty articles. The lead article, 'Reaction Strikes Europe,' was ...

Filmmaker Robin Hessman has been obsessed with things Soviet since she was a kid growing up in the Seventies, riveted by what she saw on TV about life in the USSR, from the incessant showboating of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shortly after Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, he ramped up talk about ...

In Russia, Gorbachev is normally referred to by his name and patronymic: Mikhail Sergeyevich. But in the mid-1980s, Western media began shortening his name to Gorby and referring to his rising ...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a press conference in the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, in 1985. Credit - Francois Lochon—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images Shortly after Gorbachev became ...

Countless words will be dedicated in the following days to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who died Aug. 30 at the age of 91. But throughout his obituaries, two specific words will likely be ...