Mikhail Gorbachev Passed Away

09:03, September 1, 2022

Victor Koksharov sent condolences to the family and friends of the Honorary Doctor of the University

After a long and serious illness, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Former President of the USSR, passed away at the age of 92. Victor Koksharov, the Rector of the Ural Federal University, expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the Honorary Doctor.

"Mikhail Gorbachev was a supporter and advocate of peace, building equal and mutually respectful relations between nations and peoples. Mikhail Gorbachev, a bright, original man, a true believer in the principles and values of democracy, glasnost (publicity), led our country (at that time the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in a difficult period of large-scale geopolitical transformations, was a leader whose contribution to the reduction of nuclear weapons and the risks of catastrophic world wars is universally recognized and indisputable," said Victor Koksharov.

Victor Koksharov notes that Mikhail Gorbachev's vision of the future world order and the principles of state organization were not always unequivocally perceived by Russian society, but everyone and all recognized his sincerity, openness and consistency as a political and public figure, whose goal was the development and prosperity of the country, the peaceful coexistence of states.

"A great man, a statesman, whose scale and significance has yet to be appreciated by history, has passed away. Mikhail Gorbachev loved life, understood and in the highest degree valued love and human relationships. He was a politician who wanted to make the world a better place and without whom the world would be a little different," emphasized the Rector of the Ural Federal University.

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