Gorbachev rose through the Communist ranks to become a reforming titan of 20th Century politics

Like the final Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus and Soviet predecessor Tsar Nicholas II before him, Mikhail Gorbachev (left) oversaw the collapse of a once-great power.

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