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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... rubles to the dollar . Golden Ruble standard was the one required of foreigners for all hotel and Intourist - arranged services . It required you to buy rubles at the same rate dollars buy the British pound . Lunch for four at the ...
... rubles to the dollar . Golden Ruble standard was the one required of foreigners for all hotel and Intourist - arranged services . It required you to buy rubles at the same rate dollars buy the British pound . Lunch for four at the ...
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... rubles from a foreigner . " Will you pay in dollars ? " was always the first question . For Soviets , there were fewer goods to buy in all of Moscow than New Yorkers can find between any five blocks along Broadway in midtown Manhattan ...
... rubles from a foreigner . " Will you pay in dollars ? " was always the first question . For Soviets , there were fewer goods to buy in all of Moscow than New Yorkers can find between any five blocks along Broadway in midtown Manhattan ...
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... rubles to forty - one billion rubles , ac- counting for 8 percent of the country's GNP . And the number of people caught up in the dynamic cooperative movement had swelled in the same two years from seventy thousand to four and a half ...
... rubles to forty - one billion rubles , ac- counting for 8 percent of the country's GNP . And the number of people caught up in the dynamic cooperative movement had swelled in the same two years from seventy thousand to four and a half ...
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