Gorbachev's biography began in a village with the remarkable name Privolnoye, in the Krasnogvardeisky district in the Stavropol Territory. Mikhail Sergeevich was born in the spring (March 2) 1931 in an ordinary family. His father was a tractor driver, his mother was a collective farmer. However, Gorbachev's grandfather on his mother's side was the chairman of the collective farm, despite the fact that he had to go to prison in connection with charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary conspiracy. During the war, the family of the future General Secretary of the Communist Party almost lost their father - they received a "funeral" in 1944. But after a while, grief was replaced by joy, because a letter came from Sergei Alexandrovich stating that he was alive, but wounded in the leg.
After the war, Mikhail worked with his father at the MTS, and here Gorbachev's biography indicates his first achievement: at the age of 16, the boy was awarded the Order (of the Red Banner of Labor) for high grain threshing. Further perseverance andperseverance allowed the young man to receive a medal at the end of school, to enter Moscow State University (Faculty of Law) in 1950.
Gorbachev's biography reports that during his studies at the institute, he was active, showed himself in the party field (joined the CPSU in 1952, was a Komsomol activist). In 1953, he married Raisa Maksimovna, a student at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, Titarenko, who would later become the first lady of the USSR. In 1957 they will have a daughter (Irina).
After high school, the couple went to the Stavropol Territory, where Mikhail Sergeevich received a distribution (to the regional prosecutor's office). Here the biography of Gorbachev received a new round of development. At his destination, he worked for only 10 days, after which he was appointed deputy head in the propaganda department of the Komsomol. Further, an active young specialist with good organizational talent was appointed to leading positions in the city and regional committees of the Komsomol, and then in the regional committees of the CPSU.
At the age of 39, Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeevich, whose biography indicates a rapid rise in the party system, became First Secretary in the Regional Committee of the CPSU of Stavropol. Historians believe that in his position he was able to develop and partially implement a long-term program for the development of the region. Here he was noticed by party bosses from the center who came to rest (Kosygin, Andropov), which contributed to the fact that Gorbachev was elected secretary of the CPSU in 1978 (in the CentralCommittee).
Gorbachev's biography reports that already at that time he traveled a lot abroad on issues of the functioning of agriculture. Separate sources do not exclude that he or his wife could have been recruited by foreign intelligence services. He quickly entered the Politburo, and in March 1985 he was elected General Secretary. Immediately after the election of Gorbachev to the highest post in the West, his biography was published, while none of the Soviet leaders was awarded such an "honor" in such a short time.
From 1985 to 1991, under the leadership of Gorbachev, the country underwent perestroika, the results of which are estimated ambiguously, relations with the countries of the Western world have changed. In 1991, the powers of the head of state were removed from Gorbachev. He founded the Gorbachev Foundation (1992), created the Green Cross environmental organization, survived the death of his wife (1999), acted in films and commercials (Pizza Hut), organized parties, movements and forums to solve various problems. It is believed that he lives in Moscow, although the last significant anniversaries were celebrated abroad (London). This is Gorbachev's biography briefly.
