Pa Ogasiti 30, nthawi yakumaloko, malinga ndi nkhani zochokera ku Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Affairs Bureau of the Russian Federation, Gorbachev, mtsogoleri womaliza wa Soviet Union, adamwalira ali ndi zaka 91 chifukwa cha chithandizo chamankhwala chosagwira ntchito. Gorbachev anabadwa pa March 2, 1931. Iye wakhala mlembi wamkulu wa Komiti Yaikulu ya CPC kuyambira March 1985. Kuyambira May 1989 mpaka March 1990, adatumikira monga tcheyamani wa Supreme Soviet wa Soviet Union. Pambuyo pa Marichi 1990, adakhala Purezidenti woyamba ndi womaliza wa Soviet Union. Pambuyo pa kutha kwa Soviet Union mu 1991, Gorbachev makamaka ankachita nawo ntchito za chikhalidwe ndi zolembalemba.
