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Was Gorbachev actually in a Pizza Hut commercial?
In 1998, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev was featured in a television advertisement by Pizza Hut. It was filmed in November 1997 on Red Square and in a Pizza Hut restaurant elsewhere in Moscow. In the commercial, a family inside the Pizza Hut restaurant discusses Gorbachev’s political legacy.
When did Russia get its first Pizza Hut?
1990
The first Pizza Hut in Russia opened in Moscow in 1990. At the time, Russian customers’ favorite pizza was the Moskva, which came topped with sardines, tuna, mackerel, salmon, and onion.
How old is Gorbachev?
90 years (March 2, 1931)
Mikhail Gorbachev/Age
What’s on Gorbachev’s head?
port wine stain
A. The Soviet leader has a birthmark on his forehead called a port wine stain. Named for its red-wine color, this skin blemish usually is present from birth, most often affecting the face or arms. It is caused by a malformation of blood vessels and appears either as a flat or pebbly patch of purplish-red skin.
Who started Pizza Hut?
Dan Carney
Frank Carney
Pizza Hut/Founders
Frank Carney, who founded Pizza Hut with his brother Dan and helped build it into the world’s largest pizza chain, died on Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Wichita, Kan. He was 82.
What is Gorbachev known for?
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.
What did Gorbachev accomplish?
Mikhail Gorbachev was the first president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his leadership role in ending the Cold War and promoting peaceful international relations.
Who led Russia after Gorbachev?
Boris Yeltsin
| Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin1 February 1931 Butka, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 April 2007 (aged 76) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |