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For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Gorbachev
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 2
Environmentalist
Former General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
Jurist
Politician
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Krasnogvardeysky District
Stavropol Krai
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