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UNCOVERED: One of a kind world reactions to death of mikhail gorbachev - The Untold Story

The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, has been described as 'one of a kind' [File: Boris Yurchenko/AP Photo]

Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms brought about the end of the Cold War but led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died at 91.

Gorbachev, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday after a long illness, Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement.

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