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Mikhail Gorbachev

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" The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize to Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, president of the Soviet Union, for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community. " In 1990 the Nobel Committee wants to honor Mikhail Gorbachev for his many and decisive contributions. He helped to ease the tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S. The greater openness he has brought about in Soviet society has also helped promote international trust. " In the opinion of the Committee, this peace process, which Gorbachev has contributed so significantly to, opens up new possibilities for the world community to solve its pressing problems across ideological, religious, historical, and cultural dividing lines.