Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Biography and Timeline

Birth of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Birth of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, Privolnoye, Stavropol krai, North Caucasus

Role range: 1917-1991

Communist Party

Appointedandidate Member of Communist Party

Role range: 1917-1991

Education

Enters the Law Faculty of Moscow State University

Role range: 1917-1991

Communist Party

Appointed Member of Communist Party

Role range: 1917-1991

Marriage

Marries Raisa Titorenko, a philosophy student at Moscow University

Role range: 1917-1991

Education

Graduates from the Law Faculty at Moscow University

Role range: 1917-1991

Komsomol

Appointed Organizer of local Komsomol

Role range: 1917-1991

First Secretary

Appointed First Secretary of the Stravropol City Komsomol Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Komsomol

Appointed First Secretary of the Stravropol City Komsomol Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Komsomol

Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Second Secretary

Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

First Secretary

Appointed First Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Komsomol

Appointed First Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Party Organizer

Appointedarty Organizer of a Territorial Production Association

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Education

Enrols in the Stavropol Agricultural Institute

Role range: 1917-1991

Education

Completes his agricultural degree

Role range: 1917-1991

First Secretary

Appointed First Party Secretary, Stavropol kraikom

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1961

Central Committee

Elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee after the 24th Party Congress.

Role range: 1917-1991

Secretary

Appointed Secretary for Agriculture of the CPSU Central Committee at its plenum

Role range: 1917-1991

Official

Appointed Official in charge of agricultural production, under Andropov

Role range: 1917-1991

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo, Candidate Member

Role range: 1917-1991

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1980-1991

France gets its 1st delivery of Soviet natural gas

France gets its 1st delivery of Soviet natural gas

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Economy of Russia

Russia & China sign a $1.2 billion trade agreement

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Trade Agreement

Russia & China sign a $1.2 billion trade agreement

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Reform of Soviet Government

Makes a conference speech supporting reform & introducing "perestroika" & "glasnost"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Visit to Moscow

Visits Margaret Thatcher at her invitation as an up & coming leader

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Economy of Russia

Russian growth is %2.6, lowest since World War II. Oil and gas constituted eighteen percent of exports in 1972 and 54 percent by 1984

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Makes a positive impression on Thatcher, A man I can do business

Makes a positive impression on Thatcher, "A man I can do business with"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

General

The Politburo vote to appoint Gorbachev as Chernenkos successor. Appointed President of Russia. Appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

President of Russia

Appointed President of the Supreme Soviet

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1988-1991

General

The Communist Party plenum ratify Gorbachevs succession

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Burial

Leads the funeral procession

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Armament

Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Nuclear Power

Russia announces a unilateral freeze of medium-range nuclear missiles

Role range: 1985-1991

Nuclear Power

Announces the suspension of the deployment of SS-20 missiles in Europe

Pravda

Pravda calls Regans visit to Bitburg Nazi cemetry an "act of blasphemy"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Visit to Bitburg

Pravda calls Regans visit to Bitburg Nazi cemetry an "act of blasphemy"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Conference of Geneva

1st meets President Reagan, later describes him as a "political dinosaur"

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991

Conference of Geneva

Russia & the US agree "nuclear war cannot be won". Russia & the US agree not to "achieve military superiority". Meets President Reagan to speed up arms control & renew cultural relations

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991