Mikhail Gorbachev was elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR on this day in 198 ...
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1985: Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party and Leader of the Soviet Union
1985: Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party and Leader of the Soviet Union
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1990: Lithuania Becomes First Soviet Republic to Declare Independence
1990: Lithuania Becomes First Soviet Republic to Declare Independence
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1985: Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party and Leader of the Soviet Union
1985: Gorbachev Becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party and Leader of the Soviet Union
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1890: Stalin’s “Stone Bottom”
1890: Stalin’s “Stone Bottom”
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1953: Stalin Suffers a Stroke
1953: Stalin Suffers a Stroke
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1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time
1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time
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1989: Last Soviet Soldiers Leave Afghanistan
1989: Last Soviet Soldiers Leave Afghanistan
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2009: Russian and American Satellites Collide at around 42,000 km/h
2009: Russian and American Satellites Collide at around 42,000 km/h