- Wikipedia: Mikhail Gorbachev
Hyperlinked biography of the former leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev
- President Mikhail Gorbachev
Official site of the former Soviet leader. Includes in-depth movie of his political legacy, information on his current humanitarian projects, and tributes from various world leaders.
www.mikhailgorbachev.org
- Time 100: Mikhail Gorbachev
Profile of the former Soviet Union leader, from the Leaders and Revolutionaries issue.
www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/gorbachev.html
- Infoplease: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
Biography of the former Soviet political leader.
www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0821290.html
- BBC News: How Gorbachev Got the Top Job
Describes the meetings and negotiations that led to Mikhail Gorbachev's assumption of power in the U.S.S.R. on March 11, 1985.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4334119.stm
- Nobel Peace Prize 1990: Mikhael Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Citation from the official Nobel Foundation site.
www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1990
- Booknotes: Mikhail Gorbachev
Transcript and video of Gorbachev's November 1996 appearance on C-SPAN to discuss his memoir about perestroika.
www.booknotes.org/Program/?ProgramID=1337
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