Michael Nakoryakov

Copy Desk Chief

Michael deals with all issues related to The Salt Lake Tribune's print edition, where he has worked since 1991 as writer, columnist, editor and page designer.

(David Longstreath | AP) Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses business executives in San Francisco in 1990. He was "always in a hurry, with a serious, determined expression," writes Salt Lake Tribune journalist, who used to work in Moscow.

Remembering Gorbachev • A Russian-turned-Utah journalist recalls his encounters with a man who changed the world

By Michael Nakoryakov | September 4, 2022, 2:54 p.m.