Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev1991
Leaves office with Chernobyl firmly established as a major symbol of Soviet administrative secrecy, nuclear risk and the pressures that accelerated glasnost.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Leaves office with Chernobyl firmly established as a major symbol of Soviet administrative secrecy, nuclear risk and the pressures that accelerated glasnost.
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