Mikhail Gorbachev, Whose Drive To Transform The Soviet Union Ended The Cold War, Has Died

<h1>His democratizing drive made him the toast of diplomatic circles and a cult hero in the West, the Soviet Union’s adversary in the Cold War.</h1><p><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-08/30/21/campaign_images/31b59ed62b71/mikhail-gorbachev-whose-drive-to-transform-the-so-2-1091-1661895095-7_dblbig.jpg" /></p>