ululate!

Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30, 2022 at the age of 91. He presided over the collapse of the Soviet Union and was the architect of the policy of glasnost (openness) that involved many liberalizing changes to Soviet society. Some argue that Gorbachev was less a mover of and more a witness to the collapse of the Soviet Union—a debate I leave to the experts. Whatever his role, he was there at a pivotal moment in human history; now, he either goes to his reward or to the Nothing that awaits us all.