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Section sizes

Section size for Mikhail Gorbachev (45 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,454	13,454
Early life and education	32	12,408
1931–1950: childhood	6,258	6,258
1950–1955: university	6,118	6,118
Early CPSU career	24	12,354
1955–1969: Stavropol Komsomol	7,260	7,260
1970–1977: heading the Stavropol region	5,070	5,070
Secretary of the Central Committee of CPSU	8,087	8,087
Leader of the Soviet Union (1985-1991)	2,078	48,156
1985–1986: early years	2,641	21,716
Domestic policies	12,676	12,676
Foreign policy	6,399	6,399
1987–1989: further reforms	111	24,362
Domestic reforms	5,834	5,834
Forming the Congress of People's Deputies	3,995	3,995
Relations with China and Western states	7,182	7,182
Nationality question and the Eastern Bloc	7,240	7,240
Unraveling of the USSR	1,519	29,474
1990–1991: presidency of the Soviet Union	4,037	19,502
German reunification and the Gulf War	6,792	6,792
August coup and government crises	8,673	8,673
Final days and collapse	8,453	8,453
Post-USSR life	22	37,511
1991–1999: initial years	7,935	9,471
1996 presidential campaign	1,536	1,536
1999–2008: promoting social democracy in Putin's Russia	6,059	6,059
2008–2022: growing criticism of Putin and foreign policy remarks	21,959	21,959
Political ideology	6,949	6,949
Personal life	3,819	7,742
Personality	3,923	3,923
Death	2,367	19,321
Preceding deterioration of health	6,975	6,975
Funeral and burial	1,714	1,714
Reactions	8,265	8,265
Reception and legacy	7,901	7,901
Awards and honors	5,696	5,696
Bibliography	544	544
In popular culture	2,722	2,722
See also	135	135
Explanatory notes	37	37
References	17	2,621
Citations	34	34
Sources	2,570	2,570
Further reading	2,610	2,610
External links	5,752	5,752
Total	223,474	223,474