Gorbachev

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  1. 1
    A transliteration of the Russian surname Горбачёв (Gorbačóv).

    "Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union."

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mikhail sergeyevich gorbachev

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"But there had been no indications Gorbachev was having any sort of health problems, and it is not exactly clear what's happened to him now."

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Горбачёв (Gorbačóv), usually written Горбаче́в (Gorbačév) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)), from горба́ч (gorbáč, “hunchback”).

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