# Mikhail Gorbachov has died today, august 30th 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621 "2022-08-30T20:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/1 "2022-08-30T20:58:11Z")
Mikhail Gorbachev, last premier of the Soviet Union, has died today (august 30th 2022) in a Moscow hospital: > **[Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies...](https://www.reuters.com/world/mikhail-gorbachev-who-ended-cold-war-dies-aged-92-agencies-2022-08-30/)** > > Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/2 "2022-08-30T21:16:06Z")
6 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachev-has-died-at-age-91/970620) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/7 "2022-08-30T21:13:10Z")
P&E version of thread here: > [@Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachev-has-died-at-age-91/970620): > > He changed the world in so many ways, without actually wanting to. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/8 "2022-08-30T21:14:25Z")
Maybe the threads could be merged? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/9 "2022-08-30T21:16:48Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mikhail-gorbachov-has-died-today-august-30th-2022/970621/10 "2022-08-30T21:17:06Z")
Done.