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Signed by Mikhail Gorbachev, the first edition of A Millennium Salute to Mikhail Gorbachev on His 70th Birthday, edited by Valentin Ivanovich Tolstykh.
Octavo, 462pp, [1]. Blue leatherette, title stamped in silver on the spine. Text in English. Illustrated endpapers. A collection of tributes to Gorbachev from world dignitaries, including George Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, Helmut Kohl, and others.
Inscribed by Gorbachev on the half title, dated 2001.
After a decade as a political outcast in Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev’s 70th birthday, on March 2, 2001, was marked in Moscow with unusually public recognition. The celebrations included nearly a week of events, extensive Russian media coverage, and a gala on February 26 at a hotel near Red Square.
