Pizza Hut, a Grammy success and Gorbymania: this was the colourful career of the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
While most well known for being the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mr Gorbachev had a colourful career that has extended beyond politics.Pizza Hut advertisement to winning a Grammy Award with former US President Bill Clinton, here are some Gorbachev moments that will continue to live on.In early 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev said in a speech: "It's obvious, comrades, that we all need to change. All of us."'Glasnost' means making information public as a topic for discussion.
In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the end of the War, which subsequently resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991.While many Western nations have long praised Mr Gorbachev's contributions to promoting democracy in the Soviet Union, that's not quite the rhetoric in Russia today.
Many still look back fondly on the Soviet period, and Mr Putin often leans on its achievements to buttress Russia's claim to greatness and his own prestige.
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