The last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was:
B) Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
C) Mikhail Gorbachev.
D) Andrei Sakharov.
E) Boris Yeltsin.

Question

The last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was:
B) Vladimir Zhirinovsky. 
C) Mikhail Gorbachev. 
D) Andrei Sakharov. 
E) Boris Yeltsin.

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Mikhail Gorbachev was the last general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, serving from 1985 until the party's dissolution in 1991. He is widely known for his policy of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) which ultimately led to the end of the Soviet Union.

The Last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet