Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the southern Russian province of Stravropol Krai. Born to peasant ...

The President’s cries for nuclear disarmament ring hollow after years of broken promises and shredded treaties.

It was Ms. Massie who taught Mr. Reagan the Russian proverb “Doveryai no proveryai” (“Trust but verify”), which he uttered to Mr. Gorbachev when they met in Reykjavik, Iceland, in October ...

In one discussion in 1986 — weeks before a summit between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev — she brought up the rhyming Russian adage, “Doveryai no proveryai,” or “Trust but ...

He and U.S. President Ronald Reagan joined in successful disarmament talks, and Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) introduced unprecedented freedoms of ...

He confronts a governing class that has abandoned the values America and the Continent share.

When Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet leader and started reforms in his nation, Reagan found someone he could work with, Gates said. “He had a sense of the historic moment to know when it was ...

1985-1988 – Participates in a series of summit talks with US President Ronald Reagan. 1987 – Signs ... March 2, 2011 – On his 80th birthday, Gorbachev is awarded Russia’s highest honor ...