Gorbachev Mikhail

Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeevich
Born on March 2, 1931 in the village. Privolnoye, Krasnogvardeisky district, Stavropol region.
At the age of 13 , while studying at school, Mikhail began working with his father on a combine harvester. \"My father knew the combine very well and taught me, - recalls M.S. Gorbachev. - After a year or two, I could adjust any mechanism. It is a matter of special pride that by ear I can immediately determine what was wrong with the combine.\" For his success in harvesting, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor - one of the highest state awards of that time. He was then only 17 years old . Gorbachev was the youngest of those awarded this order.
In 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University.
1955 - 1962 - First Secretary of the Stavropol City Committee of the Komsomol, Deputy Head of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation, Second, First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the Komsomol
1962 - 1966 - party organizer of the Stavropol territorial production collective farm and state farm administration
1966 - 1968 - First Secretary of the Stavropol City Committee of the CPSU
In 1967 - graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the Stavropol Agricultural Institute
1968 - 1970 - Second Secretary of the Regional Committee of the CPSU
1970 - 1978 - First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU
Since 1971 - member of the CPSU Central Committee
1978 - 1985 - Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
1979 - candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee
Since 1980 - member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee
1985 -1991 - General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
March 1990 - December 1999 - President of the USSR
On October 15, 1990, in recognition of the enormous merits of M.S. Gorbachev as an outstanding reformer, a global politician who made a unique contribution to changing for the better the very nature of international development, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
August 22, 1991 - resigned from his duties as General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee
December 1991 - announced his resignation from the post of President of the USSR
From January 1992 to the present - President of the International Public Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Science Research (Gorbachev Foundation).
Since March 1993 , he has also been President of the International Green Cross, an international independent environmental organization with branches in more than 20 countries.
June 1996 - ran for the post of President of the Russian Federation. Eliminated in the first round
March 2000 - leader of the Russian United Social Democratic Party.
May 2000 - Chairman of the Public Supervisory Board of NTV.

He was awarded three Orders of Lenin (the first was received while still a combine operator), the Order of the October Revolution (1978), the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor and medals. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1990), has been awarded many foreign awards and prizes, and has the rank of reserve colonel.

Has a daughter. Granddaughters - Ksenia and Anastasia.

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