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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

(www.reuters.com)
970 points homarp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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legerdemain ◴[30 Aug 22 22:38 UTC] No.32656053[source]▶
The Reuters article describes Gorbachev as "the last Soviet president." This is technically correct, but misleading. Gorbachev was also the first and the only person to hold that office. Heads of the Soviet Union held the office of the general secretary of the party.
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1. sbaiddn ◴[31 Aug 22 03:45 UTC] No.32658139[source]▶
I thought there was a non general secretary head of state before Stalin made the secretary the top post. I can recall what it was called though