Ka August 30, nako ea sebaka seo, ho ea ka litaba tse tsoang Sepetleleng sa Bohareng ba Clinical of the President Affairs Bureau of the Russian Federation, Gorbachev, moeta-pele oa ho qetela oa Soviet Union, o shoele a le lilemo li 91 ka lebaka la phekolo ea meriana e sa sebetseng. Gorbachev o hlahile ka la 2 March, 1931. E bile mongoli-kakaretso oa Komiti e Khōlō ea CPC ho tloha ka March 1985. Ho tloha ka May 1989 ho ea ho March 1990, o ile a sebeletsa e le molula-setulo oa Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Ka mor'a March 1990, o ile a sebeletsa e le mopresidente oa pele le oa ho qetela oa Soviet Union. Ka mor'a ho arohana ha Soviet Union ka 1991, Gorbachev o ne a ikakhetse ka setotsoana mesebetsing ea sechaba le ea bongoli.
