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Section size for Mikhail Gorbachev (45 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,265	13,265
Early life and education	32	12,408
1931–1950: childhood	6,258	6,258
1950–1955: university	6,118	6,118
Early CPSU career	24	12,365
1955–1969: Stavropol Komsomol	7,271	7,271
1970–1977: heading the Stavropol region	5,070	5,070
Secretary of the Central Committee of CPSU	8,088	8,088
General Secretary of the CPSU	2,022	47,974
1985–1986: early years	2,645	21,594
Domestic policies	12,681	12,681
Foreign policy	6,268	6,268
1987–1989: further reforms	111	24,358
Domestic reforms	5,835	5,835
Forming the Congress of People's Deputies	3,995	3,995
Relations with China and Western states	7,177	7,177
Nationality question and the Eastern Bloc	7,240	7,240
Unraveling of the USSR	1,519	29,465
1990–1991: presidency of the Soviet Union	4,026	19,492
German reunification and the Gulf War	6,793	6,793
August coup and government crises	8,673	8,673
Final days and collapse	8,454	8,454
Post-USSR life	22	37,491
1991–1999: initial years	7,935	9,471
1996 presidential campaign	1,536	1,536
1999–2008: promoting social democracy in Putin's Russia	6,040	6,040
2008–2022: growing criticism of Putin and foreign policy remarks	21,958	21,958
Political ideology	6,949	6,949
Personal life	3,819	7,742
Personality	3,923	3,923
Death	2,367	19,317
Preceding deterioration of health	6,971	6,971
Funeral and burial	1,714	1,714
Reactions	8,265	8,265
Reception and legacy	7,901	7,901
Awards and honors	5,697	5,697
Bibliography	544	544
In popular culture	2,179	2,179
See also	135	135
Explanatory notes	37	37
References	17	2,601
Citations	34	34
Sources	2,550	2,550
Further reading	2,562	2,562
External links	5,765	5,765
Total	222,485	222,485

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