03:41German authorities inaugurated a monument to the USSR's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, in the city of Dessau, on German Unity Day, marking the 30th anniversary of the end of the German Democratic Republic and its reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany.
Saxon regional authorities held the opening ceremony together with the Russian Embassy officials and addressed the guests from the stage.
The Soviet Union's last president is widely associated with the 'Perestroika' reformation movement within the bloc's communist party. Gorbachev was granted multiple awards including the Nobel Peace Prize for his decisive role in ending the Cold War.
Germany: Monument to Gorbachev unveiled in Dessau on National Unity day
German authorities inaugurated a monument to the USSR's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, in the city of Dessau, on German Unity Day, marking the 30th anniversary of the end of the German Democratic Republic and its reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany.
Saxon regional authorities held the opening ceremony together with the Russian Embassy officials and addressed the guests from the stage.
The Soviet Union's last president is widely associated with the 'Perestroika' reformation movement within the bloc's communist party. Gorbachev was granted multiple awards including the Nobel Peace Prize for his decisive role in ending the Cold War.
German authorities inaugurated a monument to the USSR's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, in the city of Dessau, on German Unity Day, marking the 30th anniversary of the end of the German Democratic Republic and its reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany.
Saxon regional authorities held the opening ceremony together with the Russian Embassy officials and addressed the guests from the stage.
The Soviet Union's last president is widely associated with the 'Perestroika' reformation movement within the bloc's communist party. Gorbachev was granted multiple awards including the Nobel Peace Prize for his decisive role in ending the Cold War.