The Soviet Union became a gerontocracy in its final years, contributing to its collapse. Historians say it's a cautionary tale for the US, whose leaders have been in power for decades.

Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 ... He came to the attention of Mikhail Suslov and Yuri Andropov, members of the Politburo, ...

The Soviet newspaper Izvestia described as “an evil man” Czechoslovak Interior Minister Josef Pavel, who has been in charge of dismantling the Stalinist state security apparatus in the country.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday, according to Russian media reports. He was 91. ... some of them reserved almost exclusively for members of the Politburo, ...

Mikhail Gorbachev – the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 ... He came to the attention of Mikhail Suslov and Yuri Andropov, members of the Politburo, ...