What year Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the soviet union?

Question by Chris: What year was Mikhail Gorbachev named the leader of the soviet union?

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Gorbachev became the Secretary General of the Communist Part of the Soviet Union (effectively, the leader of the USSR) in 1985.

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