He had not meant the Soviet Union to die like that. The man who ended the cold war, who changed the course of 20th-century history, was neither a dissident nor a revolutionary.

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a pivotal role in the end of the Cold War, has died at the age of 91 in Moscow.

Mikhail Gorbachev dies; Soviet Union’s last leader helped end Cold War Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Soviet leader who knocked down the walls between East and West, dies at 91.

Mikhail Gorbachev, first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died. He presided over what was seen as a peaceful end to the Cold War.

Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Prize for helping end the nuclear arms race while presiding over the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989.