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Sometimes its difficult to accept, to recognise ones own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

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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Politician
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Krasnogvardeysky District
Stavropol Krai
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