Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping end the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan
Yuri Andropov
Mikhail Gorbachev
George H. W. Bush
Fact: Although U.S. President Ronald Reagan called for the fall of the Berlin Wall in his famous 1987 speech, it was Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who got the job done in 1989, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for it the following year. As the last leader of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev introduced reforms such as glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring), which contributed to the easing of tensions between the USSR and the West. His policies led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reduction of nuclear weapons, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Correct Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev