1931. Mikhail Gorbachev was born
Mikhail Gorbachev. Photo by Dmitry Borko 85 years ago, March 2, 1931, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the first and only president of the USSR, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 in recognition of his leading role in the peaceful process, which today characterizes the important part of the life of the international community, "that is, at the end of the Cold War.