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 ...
Page 119
... 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 ...
Page 120
... Suslov was once again sitting at the right hand of power : supervising ideology , inter - Party rela- tions , the Komsomol , the KGB , and even Soviet foreign policy for Leonid Brezhnev . No wonder that he was held in awe as " the grey ...
... Suslov was once again sitting at the right hand of power : supervising ideology , inter - Party rela- tions , the Komsomol , the KGB , and even Soviet foreign policy for Leonid Brezhnev . No wonder that he was held in awe as " the grey ...
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COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
III | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
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