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Slovenians will remember Gorbachev as great historic figure, president says
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor and the Foreign Ministry responded to the death of last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday. Slovenians will remember Gorbachev as a great historic figure who understood the call for ending the Cold War, for democratic revival and European integration and cooperation, Pahor tweeted.
Historic Reformer Mikhail Gorbachev Turns 90 Today
The first and last president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev marks his 90th birthday on Tuesday.
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Romanian Anti-Communist Rebel Recalls His ‘Goodbye, Lenin’ Moment
Two months had then passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Central and Eastern Europe had started to enjoy the long-awaited freedoms they were denied for half a century by their Soviet masters.
But as that part of the continent was festively breaking free from its shackles, Romania remained untouched by the winds of change under the monolithic rule of a recalcitrant megalomaniac.