4. What impact did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have on the Berlin Wall? A. Gorbachev opposed the Berlin Wall. He ordered that the wall be taken down the same year he came to power. B. Gorbachev was a supporter of the Berlin Wall. He glorified it to the people living in the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. C. Gorbachev's policies created the environment in which the wall ultimately came down.