Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev

Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev's body lying in state in the House of the Unions
Date	18:00, 3 September 2022 (MSK) (2022-09-03T18:00MSK) (funeral service)
Venue	House of the Unions
Location	Moscow, Russia
Type	Funeral
Participants	Viktor Orbán Dmitry Medvedev
Burial	Novodevichy Cemetery

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On 30 August 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, died after a long illness at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital in Russia. Gorbachev was the last living Soviet leader following the death of Georgy Malenkov in 1988, was the only one to have been born during the Soviet Union's existence, and the only one to have died after its dissolution. At the age of 91 years old, Gorbachev is the longest-lived ruler of Russia to date, having lived longer than Alexander Kerensky and Vasili Kuznetsov, who both died at 89 years old.^[1][2] On 3 September, a funeral was held for Gorbachev, and he was buried later that day.

Gorbachev's death provoked responses from many current and former world leaders and politicians.^[3]