KABUL (Pajhwok): Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet president who ended the Cold War on a peaceful note, has died at 91.
The Soviet leader, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 but failed to prevent the USSR’s disintegration, passed away on Tuesday night, TASS news agency reported.
"Tonight, after a serious and prolonged illness, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev has died," the Central Clinical Hospital confirmed.
Born on March 2, 1931, Gorbachev graduated from the Department of Law of the Moscow State University in 1955. He joined the Communist Party in 1952 and became a member of its Central Committee . . .
