October 15th

On this day – 15th of October 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev got the Nobel Peace Prize 

Mikhail Gorbachev, who got the Nobel Peace Prize, was the last leader of the former Soviet Union. Gorbachev got the Peace Prize for his effort to end the Cold War. His polices that lead to this was called glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). The removal of the constitutional role of the communist party lead to the end for the Soviet Union. Gorbachev has also gotten the Otto Hahn Medal peace medal in 1989 and the Harvey prize in 1992.