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Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
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Who was a Soviet leader who came to power in 1985 and allowed greater freedoms in the Soviet Union?
mikhsil gorbschev
What is the surname of the Soviet leader who took over from Stalin?
Nikita Khrushchev. There was a battle for succession of power in the Soviet Union (an interregnum) from 1953 (when Stalin died) to 1956 (when Khrushchev came to power).
Who was the Soviet leader who was in control of the nation when World War 2 came to an end in 1945?
Joseph Stalin
When was Mikhail Gorbachev president of the USSR?
Yeltsin is a Russian and was the head of Russia. Not US president.
Who was president when the first Soviet leader came to visit the US?
Richard Nixon was first to visit in peacetime.
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