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![]() So did Ayaz Mutallibov (83), who declared Azerbaijan’s independence, on March 27. Interestingly, Stanislav Shushkevich (87), the last Soviet leader/first leader of Belarus, and Leonid Kravchuk (88), the last leader of Soviet Ukraine/first President of Ukraine - a duo who went behind Gorbachev’s back to strike a deal with his bete noire Boris Yeltsin to dissolve the Soviet Union - also passed away last year - on May 3 and May 10, respectively. ![]() Last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev (91), feted in the West for ending the Cold War (temporarily, as it emerged) but not particularly liked at home for presiding over the Soviet Union’s dissolution, also passed away on August 30. ![]()
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