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I began to feel the desire for something more I wanted to do something to make things better.
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
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Krasnogvardeysky District
Stavropol Krai
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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