Editing Mikhail Gorbachev (section)

== Death ==

{{Main|Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev}}

[[File:Mikhail Gorbachev Lying in repose.jpg|thumb|Corpse of Gorbachev [[lying in state]] at the [[House of Unions]]]]

Gorbachev died at the [[Central Clinical Hospital]] in Moscow on 30 August 2022,<ref>{{cite web |author-last=Ljunggren |author-first=David |date=30 August 2022 |title=Last Soviet leader Gorbachev, who ended Cold War and won Nobel prize, dies aged 91 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/mikhail-gorbachev-who-ended-cold-war-dies-aged-92-agencies-2022-08-30/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203925/https://www.reuters.com/world/mikhail-gorbachev-who-ended-cold-war-dies-aged-92-agencies-2022-08-30/ |archive-date=30 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref> at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite news |author-last=Heintz |author-first=Jim |date=30 August 2022 |title=Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91 |work=Associated Press News |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-mikhail-gorbachev-obituaries-5cb7a604243668f08dfaed953c09559e |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831022338/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-mikhail-gorbachev-obituaries-5cb7a604243668f08dfaed953c09559e |url-status=live }}</ref> He died after a "severe and prolonged illness".<ref>{{cite web |first1=Susannah |last1=Cullinane |first2=Laura |last2=Smith-Spark |date=30 August 2022 |title=Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president who took down the Iron Curtain, dies |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/europe/mikhail-gorbachev-dies-intl/index.html |access-date=30 August 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830212933/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/europe/mikhail-gorbachev-dies-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Источник-2022">{{Cite web |date=20 June 2022 |title=Источник: ухудшения здоровья Горбачева нет |trans-title=Source: no deterioration in Gorbachev's health |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/14974527 |access-date=30 August 2022 |agency=TASS |language=ru |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621201717/https://tass.ru/obschestvo/14974527 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Вишнева-2022">{{Cite web |author-last=Вишнева |author-first=Светлана |date=20 June 2022 |title=Представитель Горбачева подтвердил наличие проблем с почками у политика |url=https://radiokp.ru/obschestvo/predstavitel-gorbacheva-podtverdil-chto-politik-prokhodit-gemodializ_nid633575_au57449au |access-date=30 August 2022 |website=radiokp.ru |language=ru |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203329/https://radiokp.ru/obschestvo/predstavitel-gorbacheva-podtverdil-chto-politik-prokhodit-gemodializ_nid633575_au57449au |url-status=live }}</ref> He had suffered from severe [[diabetes]] and underwent several surgeries and hospital stays.<ref name="forbes.ru">{{Cite web |title=Mikhail Gorbachev was hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital |url=https://www.forbes.ru/news/240490-mihail-gorbachev-gospitalizirovan-v-tskb |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Forbes.ru |date=11 June 2013 |language=ru |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207082609/https://www.forbes.ru/news/240490-mihail-gorbachev-gospitalizirovan-v-tskb |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Михаил Горбачев перенес сложную операцию на позвоночнике |url=https://rg.ru/2011/04/15/gorbachev.html |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Российская газета |date=14 April 2011 |language=ru |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207082606/https://rg.ru/2011/04/15/gorbachev.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Горбачев находится в Германии на плановом обследовании в одной из клиник |url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/336404 |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=Interfax.ru |date=22 October 2013 |language=ru |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207082606/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/336404 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital on 9 October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Последний президент СССР Михаил Горбачев госпитализирован |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5436c254cbb20f13385bfbc3 |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=РБК |date=9 October 2014 |language=ru |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207082605/https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5436c254cbb20f13385bfbc3 |url-status=live }}</ref>

His funeral was held on 3 September 2022 in the Column Hall of the [[House of Unions]]. The ceremony included an [[honor guard]], but was not a [[state funeral]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Сарджвеладзе |first=София |date=31 August 2022 |title=Прощание с Горбачевым пройдет 3 сентября в Колонном зале |url=https://rtvi.com/news/proshhanie-s-gorbachevym-projdet-31-avgusta-v-kolonnom-zale/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=Главные события в России и мире {{!}} RTVI |language=ru |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831195820/https://rtvi.com/news/proshhanie-s-gorbachevym-projdet-31-avgusta-v-kolonnom-zale/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The service included rites administered by a Russian Orthodox priest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zemlianichenko |first=Alexander |title=Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin |url=https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/business/image_426ae5a6-ec81-51d8-9ec6-d79e5aef60bc.html |access-date=4 September 2022 |website=TelegraphHerald.com |date=3 September 2022 |language=en |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904212810/https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/business/image_426ae5a6-ec81-51d8-9ec6-d79e5aef60bc.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-gorbachev-buried-moscow-funeral-snubbed-putin-20220903-py6dpgdlfnduhfu3sncuij5oe4-story.html |access-date=4 September 2022 |website=Daily News |date=3 September 2022 |location=New York |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903234301/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-gorbachev-buried-moscow-funeral-snubbed-putin-20220903-py6dpgdlfnduhfu3sncuij5oe4-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is buried at Moscow's [[Novodevichy Cemetery]], in the same grave as his wife Raisa, as requested by his will.<ref name="Президент России" />