Gorbachev, Mikhail
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS1931–
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931, to a peasant family in the Stavropol region of Russi...
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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev (born 1931) was a member of the Communist Party who rose through a series of local and regional positions to national prominence. In March 1985 the Politburo of the Soviet...
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Born on March 2, 1931, Mikhail Sereevich Gorbachev is recognized as one of the most intellectual, self-confident, and idealistic man of his time. He is different from the past Soviet Union leaders bec...
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I read Christian Schmidt-Hauer's Gorbachev: Path to Power. Obviously about Gorbachev this book is written as a biography (and is one) about him in the personal and political sense. It was written to s...
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Gorbachev was one of the last leaders that changed the USSR to a better country. He was the one whom liberated the USSR from communism. He had very few achievements and failures. Thus, some people say...
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Both leaders were fully aware of problems at home and abroad and were keen to introduce important changes. They both wanted to introduce reform and new international policies. They had a need to bring...
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