1928. Eduard Shevardnadze was born

85 years ago, January 25, 1928, Eduard Shevardnadze, the former Foreign Minister of the USSR and the former President of Georgia, was born.

Being the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, he announced his resignation “in protest against the impending dictatorship” on December 20, 1990 at the IV Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR and left the ranks of the CPSU in the same year. After the resignation, Gorbachev proposed the post of vice president of the USSR, which he refused. In November 1991, Shevardnadze became the last Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. He was one of the first among the Soviet leaders recognized Belovezhsky agreements and the collapse of the USSR.