A ranar 30 ga Agusta, lokacin gida, a cewar labarai daga Babban Asibitin Kula da Lafiya na Ofishin Harkokin Shugabancin Tarayyar Rasha, Gorbachev, shugaban Tarayyar Soviet na ƙarshe, ya mutu yana da shekaru 91 saboda rashin ingantaccen magani. An haifi Gorbachev a ranar 2 ga Maris, 1931. Ya kasance babban sakataren kwamitin tsakiya na jam'iyyar kwaminis ta kasar Sin tun daga watan Maris na shekarar 1985. Daga watan Mayun 1989 zuwa Maris 1990, ya zama shugaban kwamitin koli na Tarayyar Soviet. Bayan Maris 1990, ya zama shugaban farko kuma na karshe na Tarayyar Soviet. Bayan wargajewar Tarayyar Soviet a shekarar 1991, Gorbachev ya fi gudanar da ayyukan zamantakewa da na adabi.
