[PAR] [TLE] Mikhail Gorbachev [SEP] Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, ( ; Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв ; ] ; born 2 March 1931) is a former Soviet statesman.  He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.  He was the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991 (titled as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, as Chairman of the from 1989 to 1990, and as Soviet Union]] from 1990 to 1991). [PAR] [TLE] Vadim Zagladin [SEP] Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin (June 23, 1927 - November 17, 2006), Soviet politician and ideologist, was one of the leading theoreticians of Perestroika.  Collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev, he was one of the Soviet politicians closest to Western Europe.  Personal friend of François Mitterrand, Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano, Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism, very close to European social democracy.
[PAR] [TLE] Mikhail Gorbachev [ SEP ] Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev , ( ; Russian : Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв ; ] ; born 2 March 1931 ) is a former Soviet statesman . He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union , having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 . He was the country 's head of state from 1988 until 1991 ( titled as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989 , as Chairman of the from 1989 to 1990 , and as Soviet Union ] ] from 1990 to 1991 ) . [PAR] [TLE] Vadim Zagladin [ SEP ] Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin ( June 23 , 1927 - November 17 , 2006 ) , Soviet politician and ideologist , was one of the leading theoreticians of Perestroika . Collaborator and adviser to Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev , he was one of the Soviet politicians closest to Western Europe . Personal friend of François Mitterrand , Willy Brandt and Giorgio Napolitano , Zagladin was the theorist of a reformed communism , very close to European social democracy .
Who was an adivisor to the eighth leader of the Soviet Union who died in 2006?
Who was an adivisor to the eighth leader of the Soviet Union who died in 2006 ?
Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin
Vadim Valentinovich Zagladin