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The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.
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
Privolnoye
Krasnogvardeysky District
Stavropol Krai
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov
Mikhail Gorbachyov
Mikhail Gorbachov
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