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Gorbachev and hiw wife Raisa 1953
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Mikhail Gorbachev - May 2010
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戈尔巴乔夫

戈爾巴喬夫
Gē'ěrbāqiáofū
proper noun #30,529

Meanings

  1. 1 Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union 1985-1991, architect of glasnost and perestroika

About Mikhail Gorbachev

1931–2022 · 政治家 politician

Led the Soviet Communist Party from 1985, opened the country with the reforms called glasnost and perestroika and ended the Cold War with the West. His 1989 visit to Beijing restored Sino-Soviet ties; the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.

Also called  米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫、 戈巴契夫

Examples

HSK 6
Gē'ěrbāqiáofū tuīxíng le gǎigé kāifàng zhèngcè.
Gorbachev carried out reform and opening-up policies.
HSK 7-9
Sūlián zuìzhōng zài Gē'ěrbāqiáofū rènnèi jiětǐ.
The Soviet Union ultimately collapsed during Gorbachev's tenure.

Tips

history
His visit to Beijing in May 1989, where he met 邓小平, formally ended some thirty years of the Sino-Soviet split. In Chinese political discourse he is often cited as a cautionary figure: the leader whose reforms destroyed his own state.

Stroke Order

戈 gē
尔 ěr
巴 bā
乔 qiáo
夫 fū