HomeCover CoverUSA USA and World Mikhay Gorbachev, leader of Soviet Union, dies at 91 By Pen 360 Press 2022.08.30 0 1778 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at a news conference after a Soviet-American summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1986. Former Soviet leader Mikhay Gorbachev passed away on Tuesday, August 30, at the age of 91 in Moscow.