Gorbachev
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡɔrbəˌtʃɛf/
- During the Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev played a crucial role in easing tensions between the East and West.
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Gorbachev's reforms
- Gorbachev's perestroika
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Watch on YouTubeIt's the famous Gorbachev and Reagan joint statement.
- It's the famous Gorbachev and Reagan joint statement.
- Those were all factors that led Gorbachev to take the risk of reform.
- And together, you know, they sat down and gave Gorbachev the space to demilitarize.
- OK, so we have this this argument that Gorbachev was made a deal that NATO would not expand East.
- And it was what triggered Reagan to to have that famous statement with Gorbachev bring down that wall.
- And then they had a Reykjavik summit, a summit in Iceland, Reagan and Gorbachev.
- Understandably, Gorbachev has the idea that communism can be reformed.
- When, when Gorbachev came, went to President Bush and said to President Bush, I'm going to dismantle the Soviet Union.
- Remember Reykjavik in the period, the Gorbachev Reagan period, where those two men were intent on reducing nuclear stockpiles to nothing?
- And by the way, if it's an appointment with Gorbachev, then it's kind of important.
- You know, I was in talks to interview Gorbachev.
Examples
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President Reagan is in Geneva tonight ready for the Gorbachev summit.
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More importantly, it withdrew from the union before Gorbachev had even announced the new law on secession.
Academic text (1990) -
You tell that to Mr. Gorbachev the next time you see him.
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I like Mr. Gorbachev... but I am not ready to play the trust card.
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Those were all factors that led Gorbachev to take the risk of reform.
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Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
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So this didn't go down very well in Russia, as Gorbachev had predicted.
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I met Gorbachev that night and Putin was the keynote speaker.
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The summit itself was another Reagan-Gorbachev triumph; the media coverage was huge and favorable.
Academic text (1990) -
Only the remarkable political skills of Mikhail Gorbachev obscure this disintegration of international influence.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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A leader of the Soviet Union who brought reforms and helped end the Cold War
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gorbachev comes from a Russian word gorb 'hump', so the name originally described someone with a small hump and became a family name. Today Gorbachev is simply the surname of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader known for reforms that helped end the Cold War.