Gorbachev congratulations to Obama’s Nobel

Dear Mr. President, I congratulate you on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

Mikhail Gorbachev – The Nobel Peace Prize 1990

1931: March 2, born, Privolnoye, Krasnogvardeisky District, Stavropol territory in the North Caucasus, to a peasant family in a small village, his father an agricultural mechanic on a collective farm.
1942: German army occupies the Privolnoye area.
1945: Begins work as assistant to combine harvest operator.
1949: Awarded Order of Red Banner of Labour.
1950: Enrolled in Faculty of Law, Moscow University.
1952: After having been a member of Komsomol (Communist Youth Organisation), now joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).

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The Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits derives from a new and more broadly based collaboration between the International Gorbachev Foundation and the City of Rome for realizing the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates. The Permanent Secretariat, based in Rome, is a non-profit association without political aims.
As well as organizing the tasks of the Summit, the Secretariat monitors the activities of Nobel Peace Laureates, while promoting the adoption of the "Charter for a world without violence" and supporting the work of the Nobel, who participate in the annual Summits at Rome, as mediators in various conflicts around the world (Article 3 of the Statute).