Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

3/2/1931 – 8/30/2022Privolnoe, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв; 2 March 1931 - 30 August 2022) was a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism although by the early 1990s had moved toward social democracy.

Filmography (107 titles)

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown8.7Show

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Self (archive footage) · 2026

JFK Assassination: A New Perspective10.0Movie

JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

Self - Former General Secretary CCCP · 2025

AUM: The Cult at the End of the World6.0Movie

AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

Self (archive footage) · 2025

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?Show

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Self (archive footage) · 2024

TraitorsShow

Traitors

Self (archive footage) · 2024

GorbachevaMovie

Gorbacheva

2024

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War7.9Show

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator8.2Show

Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator

Self (archive footage) · 2023

The Man Who Challenged PutinMovie

The Man Who Challenged Putin

Self · 2023

In the Grip of Gazprom8.3Movie

In the Grip of Gazprom

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023

Three WarsShow

Three Wars

Self (archive footage) · 2023

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone8.6Show

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes7.3Movie

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage) · 2022

Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!7.7Movie

Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose!

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Gorbachev. Heaven7.8Movie

Gorbachev. Heaven

Self · 2021

The Art of DissentMovie

The Art of Dissent

Self - Subject (archive footage) · 2021

Stasi: A State Against Its People9.0Movie

Stasi: A State Against Its People

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Hullu vuosi 1991Show

Hullu vuosi 1991

Self · 2021

Sakharov. Two Lives7.0Movie

Sakharov. Two Lives

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR8.4Movie

Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR

Self (archive footage) · 2021

The Long Breakup6.0Movie

The Long Breakup

Self - Politician (archive footage) · 2020

First Ladies5.3Show

First Ladies

Self (archive footage) · 2020

My Favorite War7.0Movie

My Favorite War

Self - Politician (archive footage) · 2020

The Way I See It7.8Movie

The Way I See It

Self (archive footage) · 2020

History 1017.1Show

History 101

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Frenemies: Putin and Trump6.7Movie

Frenemies: Putin and Trump

Self - Politician (archive footage) · 2020

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre7.1Movie

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

Self (archive footage) · 2020

30 Years of Democracy8.0Movie

30 Years of Democracy

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe7.0Movie

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Self - Politician (archive footage) · 2019

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn6.1Movie

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

Self (archive footage) · 2019