The Man who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev's influence on recent events in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the entire world is nothing short of astounding. But, until now, very little has been known about Gorbachev the man. Gail Sheehy presents the most intimate, comprehensive, and lively account ever published about this intriguing world figure. 16 pages of halftones. |
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... Suslov . Suslov is a sinister figure whose name has been definitively , if mysteriously , linked with Gorbachev's rise to power . Suslov had been a member of the special commission devised by Stalin in 1932 to crush those who resisted ...
... Suslov . Suslov is a sinister figure whose name has been definitively , if mysteriously , linked with Gorbachev's rise to power . Suslov had been a member of the special commission devised by Stalin in 1932 to crush those who resisted ...
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... Suslov's family only became publicly apparent on the occasion of Suslov's funeral in 1982 . Cozying up to Suslov must have required , shall we say , consider- able detachment on Gorbachev's part . Born in 1902 to peasants living in the ...
... Suslov's family only became publicly apparent on the occasion of Suslov's funeral in 1982 . Cozying up to Suslov must have required , shall we say , consider- able detachment on Gorbachev's part . Born in 1902 to peasants living in the ...
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... Suslov bringing Gorba- chev to Moscow . Gorbachev had played his hand well enough so that Suslov also thought of Mikhail Sergeyevich as a loyal follower . And Suslov himself knew Gorbachev well since he continued to send his enemies as ...
... Suslov bringing Gorba- chev to Moscow . Gorbachev had played his hand well enough so that Suslov also thought of Mikhail Sergeyevich as a loyal follower . And Suslov himself knew Gorbachev well since he continued to send his enemies as ...
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