Mikhail Gorbachev (Atlantic Resolve)

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Горбачев; born March 2, 1931) is a Russian politician who served as Chancellor of the Russian Confederation during the presidency of General Vyacheslav Borisov. He was also the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and President of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991.