Farewell Ceremony for Ex-USSR President Gorbachev Held in Moscow

Name: Farewell Ceremony for Ex-USSR President Gorbachev Held in Moscow
Uploaded: 2022-09-03T08:03+0000
Duration: 1 s
Description: Gorbachev led the country in 1985-1991, first as Secretary General of the Communist Party, and after 1990 - as the first and only president of the Soviet Union.

08:03 GMT, 3 September 2022

Gorbachev led the country in 1985-1991, first as Secretary General of the Communist Party, and after 1990 - as the first and only president of the Soviet Union.

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Sputnik is live from Moscow, where a farewell ceremony is being held for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last head of the USSR. It is being held at the House of the Unions; the authorities have granted an honor guard for the event.

The retired politician passed away on August 30, succumbing to a longtime illness at the age of 91.

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