Mikhail Gorbachev

Prize presentation

Watch a video clip of the awarding of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize to Mikhail Gorbachev at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1990. As the Laureate was not able to attend the ceremony, the medal and diploma were accepted by Mr Andrej Kovaljov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union.

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