The Nobel Peace Prize 1990

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

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The Nobel Peace Prize 1990 was awarded to Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev "for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community."

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