Who was the last President of the Soviet Union and for how long?

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Why did Jawaharlal Nehru say that non-alignment was not a policy of ‘fleeing away’?

The last President of the Soviet Union was Mikail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who served as the 8^th president of the Union. He was also the Secretary General of the Communist Party for 7 years from 1985 to 1991. Mikhail served as the President of the Soviet Union from 15^th March 1990 to 25^th December 1991. Following the resignation of Mikhail, the Soviet Union was also dissolved formally. The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the end of the Cold War.

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Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India stated that the policy of non-alignment was not that of ‘fleeing away’. He played a major role in setting up the national agenda. As the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister he influenced the formulation and implementation of India’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1964. Soon non-alignment became an international movement. The idea behind the policy of non-alignment was not to be isolated from the rest of the world. It did not even mean any kind of non-alignment from the world affairs. Rather non-aligned countries like India played a role as a mediator between two rival countries and brought peace and stability in their relations. Non-aligned countries like India have been a part of war for various reasons and also contributed in preventing them.