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Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalise the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.

He oversaw bold reforms and later the collapse of the USSR.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

Former Russian president and the Soviet Union's last ever leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died - the political heavyweight ended the Cold War but failed to prevent the collapse of the USSR

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The leader of the former USSR worked with the West to bring about the end of the Cold War

Former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, is on dialysis for a serious kidney ailment after suffering repeated and "worsening" health issues, Russian media outlet Mash reported