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    HomeGorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapseFILE PHOTO: Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa board Ilyushing-62

    FILE PHOTO: Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa board Ilyushing-62

    FILE PHOTO: Mikhail Gorbachev holds onto his hat and the waist of his wife Raisa, who waves to reporters in spite of driving wind and rain as they board Ilyushing-62 at end of a summit in Reykjavik October 13, 1986. REUTERS/Nick Didlick
    Then-Finnish President Mauno Koivisto (L) looks on as then-Soviet President

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