Privolnoye ( rus, Приво́льное, links=1, Privólʹnoye, prʲɪˈvolʲnəjə) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') in Krasnogvardeysky District of

Stavropol Krai Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia, and i ...

, Russia, located on the Yegorlyk River. Population:

History

A paternal family house in Privolnoye was the birthplace of former Soviet president

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...

Notable people

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

(1985–1991),

President of the Soviet Union The president of the Soviet Union (russian: Президент Советского Союза, Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), abbreviated as president of the USSR (), was ...

(1990–1991) was born on 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye. As a child, Gorbachev (1931-2022) grew up in the aftermath of the

Soviet famine of 1932–1933 The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. He recalled in a memoir that "In that terrible year n 1933nearly half the population of my native village, Privolnoye, starved to death, including two sisters and one brother of my father."Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (2006). "
Manifesto for the Earth: action now for peace, global justice and a sustainable future
'". CLAIRVIEW BOOKS. p.10.

Notable places

At Krasnogvardeiskoye, a village 15 kilometers from Privolnoye, in the modest three-story building displays a metal plaque commemorates Gorbachev's former high school.

In popular culture

* Vitaly Mansky's 2001 documentary ''Gorbachev: After Empire''

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Stavropol Krai