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Mikhail Gorbachev’s True Legacy

He transformed the Soviet Union but could not save it.

With War in Ukraine, Putin Tries to Unravel Gorbachev’s Legacy

President Vladimir V. Putin calls the end of the Soviet Union a “genuine tragedy” for Russia, and he blamed Mikhail S. Gorbachev for bending to the demands of a treacherous and duplicitous West.

A Reporter’s Memories of Gorbachev, and That Pizza Hut Commercial

Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter, recalls a childhood forever changed by a man with a distinctive birthmark.

Mikhail Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91

Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.

Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Domestic Sympathy for Russia

China’s Communist Party is mounting an ideological campaign aimed at officials and students. The message: The country will not turn its back on Russia.