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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... according to villagers . Growing up , Misha learned the Ukrainian language at home ( though by official edict such a language no longer existed ) and was firmly rooted by ballads and poetry in his cossack past and the pride of his free ...
... according to villagers . Growing up , Misha learned the Ukrainian language at home ( though by official edict such a language no longer existed ) and was firmly rooted by ballads and poetry in his cossack past and the pride of his free ...
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... according to local conditions on land in which they were personally invested , now huge brigades of com- bines , tractors , trucks , and outside laborers were to be moved around the region — all according to a centralized ...
... according to local conditions on land in which they were personally invested , now huge brigades of com- bines , tractors , trucks , and outside laborers were to be moved around the region — all according to a centralized ...
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... according to Boris Yeltsin . In July 1985 the new chairman removed his patron , the aging Andrei Gromyko , as minister of foreign affairs and named him to the largely ceremonial Soviet presidency . In his place he put Eduard ...
... according to Boris Yeltsin . In July 1985 the new chairman removed his patron , the aging Andrei Gromyko , as minister of foreign affairs and named him to the largely ceremonial Soviet presidency . In his place he put Eduard ...
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