Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev
EpicLLOYD as Mikhail Gorbachev
Character information
Birth name	Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov
Nickname(s)	The Marked One Gorby
Born	March 2, 1931 (age 84) Privolnoye, Russia
Physical description
Hair	White
Eyes	Blue
Based on
Rap battle information
Appeared in	Rasputin vs Stalin
Vs	Rasputin Joseph Stalin Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Putin
Release date	April 22, 2013
Location(s)	Bolt-shaped neon signs Disco hall

“

Yo, I'm the host with the most glasnost! — Mikhail Gorbachev

”

Mikhail Gorbachev battled Rasputin, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Lenin preceding Vladimir Putin in Rasputin vs Stalin. He was portrayed by EpicLLOYD.

Information on the rapper

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, also known as Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв in Russian, was born on March 2, 1931. He is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991, and as the first (and last) president of the Soviet Union from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991. He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule.

Gorbachev became a candidate member of the Communist party while he was in high school, but it wasn’t until 1952, when he was at Moscow State University, that he was granted full membership. Gorbachev steadily rose through the ranks of the Communist league being elected as the general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985. During his term as general secretary, Gorbachev was engaged with U.S. president Ronald Reagan in a costly race to amass nuclear weapons in space. Gorbachev worked diligently to create reforms that he believed would improve the Soviet standard of living. By providing more freedom and democracy to Soviets, he strove toward “glasnost” and “perestroika,” openness and restructure. He worked toward establishing a market economy that was more socially oriented.

After the events of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in the Ukraine on April 26, 1986, Gorbachev and Reagan signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the first-ever mutual agreement on nuclear weapons reduction. In 1989, Gorbachev organized elections that required Communist Party members to run against non-party members. On March 15, 1990, the Congress of People’s Duties elected Gorbachev the first president of the Soviet Union. During his presidency, Gorbachev promoted more peaceful international relations. Through his peaceful negotiations with President Reagan, Gorbachev was also instrumental in ending the Cold War. He is likewise credited for his crucial role in the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent reunification of Germany.

For his excellent leadership and his contributions to the overall betterment of world development, Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 15, 1990.

Lyrics

Knock, knock, knock, knock.

Did somebody say birthmarks?

Yo, I'm the host with the most glasnost!

Assholes made a mess and the war got cold!

Shook hands with both Ronalds, Reagan and McDonald's, no doubt!

If your name end with "in", time to get out!

I had the balls to let Baryshnikov dance, playa!

Tore down that wall like the Kool-Aid Man, oh yeah!

You two need yoga. (Дa!) You need a shower, (Дa!)

And you all need to learn how to handle real power!

Scrapped lyrics

You all need to learn how to embrace real power!

Trivia

• The ERB crew originally wanted Gorbachev's birthmark to read "ERB", but since Lloyd would have to awkwardly tilt his head towards the camera for the audience to see it, they scrapped the idea.
• He is the fifth rapper to enter due to something said by a rapper or the announcer in battle.

Gallery

The original "ERB" birthmark idea seen in the Behind the Scenes