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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... Yeltsin's movement saw it . This revolutionary insight would work only if the leader was prepared to give up the ... Boris Yeltsin had the nationalist bluster to catch the tide and move with it . Yeltsin would play Pied Piper and lead a ...
... Yeltsin's movement saw it . This revolutionary insight would work only if the leader was prepared to give up the ... Boris Yeltsin had the nationalist bluster to catch the tide and move with it . Yeltsin would play Pied Piper and lead a ...
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... Boris Yeltsin , proclaimed the sovereignty of Russia's laws over the Union's laws , and the very next day Yeltsin audaciously moved to take control of all state banks in the largest republic . In a mere six weeks since he had opened the ...
... Boris Yeltsin , proclaimed the sovereignty of Russia's laws over the Union's laws , and the very next day Yeltsin audaciously moved to take control of all state banks in the largest republic . In a mere six weeks since he had opened the ...
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... Boris Yeltsin in Against the Grain . gutter language ” : Ibid . 66 " ... necessary " choices : Medvedev and Chiesa , Time of Change . 66 66 .. let me back into politics " : Boris Yeltsin in Against the Grain . . . political adventurer ...
... Boris Yeltsin in Against the Grain . gutter language ” : Ibid . 66 " ... necessary " choices : Medvedev and Chiesa , Time of Change . 66 66 .. let me back into politics " : Boris Yeltsin in Against the Grain . . . political adventurer ...
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COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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