Sep 1 2022
Condolence Message on the Passing of Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
On August 31, SGI President Ikeda sent a condolence message on the passing of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in Moscow on August 30, 2022, at the age of 91. President Gorbachev, who helped bring the Cold War to an end and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and President Ikeda met ten times over the years. The two collaborated on the dialogue Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century: Gorbachev and Ikeda on Buddhism and Communism, which has been published in ten languages.
