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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... Congress of People's Deputies and gave a magnificent performance . This ground - break- ing congress followed on the heels of the first nationwide multicandi- date elections in the USSR since 1917. Work virtually stopped across the ...
... Congress of People's Deputies and gave a magnificent performance . This ground - break- ing congress followed on the heels of the first nationwide multicandi- date elections in the USSR since 1917. Work virtually stopped across the ...
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... congress- when he had shamed Gorbachev into voting against certain privi- leges for the Party elite . On the heels of that first congress , the radical deputies formed a faction known as the Interregional Group . Insatiably curious ...
... congress- when he had shamed Gorbachev into voting against certain privi- leges for the Party elite . On the heels of that first congress , the radical deputies formed a faction known as the Interregional Group . Insatiably curious ...
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... Congress of People's Deputies , 320 , 321 , 325 conservatives in , 168 , 292 , 310 contradictions encompassed in , 144 control over peasantry of , 137 criticism of , 102 , 134 , 150 , 268 and cult of personality , 6 dismemberment of ...
... Congress of People's Deputies , 320 , 321 , 325 conservatives in , 168 , 292 , 310 contradictions encompassed in , 144 control over peasantry of , 137 criticism of , 102 , 134 , 150 , 268 and cult of personality , 6 dismemberment of ...
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