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Gorbachev

Gorbachev

334 6.5
A Soviet leader who led the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and helped end the Cold War
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɡɔrbəˌtʃɛf/
: Gorbachov
  • 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

It's the famous Gorbachev and Reagan joint statement.

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Examples

  • President Reagan is in Geneva tonight ready for the Gorbachev summit.

  • 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.

  • I like Mr. Gorbachev... but I am not ready to play the trust card.

  • Those were all factors that led Gorbachev to take the risk of reform.

  • Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

  • So this didn't go down very well in Russia, as Gorbachev had predicted.

  • I met Gorbachev that night and Putin was the keynote speaker.

  • 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

1 8.1

A leader of the Soviet Union who brought reforms and helped end the Cold War

focuses on exact years in office and describes reforms as contributing rather than decisive

Surface Forms

Gorbachev main

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.