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== Awards and honors == [[File:President Reagan presents Reagan Freedom Medal to Mikhail Gorbachev at Library.jpg|thumb|right|Former US president [[Ronald Reagan]] awards the first [[Ronald Reagan Freedom Award]] to Gorbachev at the [[Reagan Library]], 1992]] In 1988, India awarded Gorbachev the [[Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development]];{{sfn|Doder|Branson|1990|p=366}} in 1990, he was given the Nobel Peace Prize for "his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1990/press.html |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1990 |publisher=Nobel Foundation |date=15 October 1990 |access-date=3 November 2010 |archive-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108202031/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1990/press.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Out of office he continued to receive honors. In 1992, he was the first recipient of the [[Ronald Reagan Freedom Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs/cpa/awards.asp |title=Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library |access-date=24 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610173410/http://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs/cpa/awards.asp |archive-date=10 June 2008}}</ref> and in 1994 was given the [[Grawemeyer Award]] by the [[University of Louisville]], Kentucky.<ref name="grawemeyer.org">{{cite web |title=1994– Mikhail Gorbachev |url=http://grawemeyer.org/worldorder/previous-winners/1994-mikhail-gorbachev.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013203704/http://grawemeyer.org/worldorder/previous-winners/1994-mikhail-gorbachev.html |archive-date=13 October 2011}}</ref> In 1995, he was awarded the Grand-Cross of the [[Order of Liberty]] by Portuguese president [[Mário Soares]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1 |title=Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas – Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas |website=ordens.presidencia.pt |language=pt |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303144739/http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 1998 the Freedom Award from the [[National Civil Rights Museum]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/Freedom-Awards-Winners.aspx#sthash.eEo0oFeS.dpbs |title=NCRM: Freedom Awards Winners |access-date=28 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330065715/http://civilrightsmuseum.org/Freedom-Awards-Winners.aspx |archive-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> In 2000, he was presented with the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] at an awards ceremony at [[Hampton Court Palace]] near London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service |access-date=9 April 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Gorbachev received the [[Freedom of the City of Dublin]] from [[Dublin City Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-lord-mayor-about-lord-mayor-freedom-city/previous-recipients-keys-city |title=Previous Recipients of Keys to the City|website=dublincity.ie |publisher=Dublin City Council |language=en |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=15 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215053619/http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council-lord-mayor-about-lord-mayor-freedom-city/previous-recipients-keys-city |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Gorbachev was awarded the [[Charles V European Award|Charles V Prize]] by the European Academy of Yuste Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundacionyuste.org/en/project/mijail-gorbachov/ |title=Mikhail Gorbachev |publisher=European Academy of Yuste Foundation |access-date=16 September 2017 |archive-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032406/http://www.fundacionyuste.org/en/project/mijail-gorbachov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Gorbachev, together with [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Sophia Loren]], were awarded the [[46th Annual Grammy Awards|2004 Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Best Spoken Word Album for Children]] for their recording of [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s 1936 ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' for [[Pentatone (record label)|Pentatone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pentatonemusic.com/peter-and-the-wolf-wolf-tracks|title=Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf – Beintus Wolf Tracks |website=Pentatone |access-date=18 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192411/http://www.pentatonemusic.com/peter-and-the-wolf-wolf-tracks |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, Gorbachev was awarded the Point Alpha Prize for his role in supporting German reunification.<ref name="Deutsche Welle">{{cite web |url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1619484,00.html |date=June 17, 2005 |title=Reunification Politicians Accept Prize |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=22 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105221152/https://www.dw.com/en/reunification-politicians-accept-prize/a-1619484 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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