The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi
On the night of August 30, local time, the Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Presidential Affairs Bureau released news that Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died that night due to ineffective treatment for a long-term serious illness, at the age of 91.
The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) collated 20 photographs of Gorbachev to review important points in his life.
Gorbachev (center) with his grandparents in 1937.
In the 1940s, Gorbachev (back row, first from left) took a group photo with his classmates.
This undated photo comes from the Soviet Communist Youth League, where Gorbachev wears the Red Banner medal for labor, which he obtained while flying a combine harvester in the southern plains of Russia.
Gorbachev, February 20, 1984, in Moscow.
On November 21, 1985, at the end of a two-day summit, then-U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz, right, and then Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze signed a document, with Gorbachev and then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan standing behind to watch.
Gorbachev (left) and then East German leader Erich Honecker kiss each other at Schönfeld Airport in East Berlin on May 27, 1987.
On June 1, 1988, in the Kremlin, Reagan shook hands with Gorbachev.
On October 1, 1988, in Moscow, Gorbachev was elected Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Fidel Castro, then President of state of the Republic of Cuba, right, and Mikhail Mikhail waved to a crowd as a convoy drove them through downtown Havana, April 3, 1989.
Moscow, Gorbachev ( left ) and Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee , Nikolai Ryzhkov, celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the October Revolution, Moscow.
On July 1, 1990, in Moscow, Gorbachev addressed the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin.
On September 9, 1990, in Helsinki, Finland, Gorbachev held up a satirical painting and then-US President George W. Bush laughed. They are discussing the Persian Gulf crisis at the Helsinki summit.
Gorbachev, left, at a special meeting on August 23, 1991, holds a shorthand note given to him by then-President of the Russian Federation, Yeltsin, right.
In Moscow, December 25, 1991, Gorbachev sorted out his desk after his resignation speech on television in the Kremlin.
On January 14, 1992, in Moscow, Gorbachev (center) entered the Institute named after him, the Moscow Gorbachev Foundation.
Gorbachev (right) and his wife Raisa shake hands with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse at the entrance to Tokyo Disneyland on April 12, 1992.
On October 19, 2005, in London, England, Gorbachev met with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
On October 31, 2009, Berlin, Germany, Gorbachev participated in the commemoration.
On October 10, 2017, in Moscow, Gorbachev attended a signing party for his new book, "I'm Still an Optimist."
In Moscow, Gorbachev, right, and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of The New Newspaper, attend the premiere of the film, Moscow, on November 8, 2018.
(The pictures in this article are from Visual China)
Responsible editor: Hu Zhenqing Photo editor: Zhang Tongze