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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Page 107
The minister in charge of construction for the whole country, Mr. Isayev, was
staying at one of the dachas (country houses) of the Supreme Soviet and taking
treatments in a sanitorium in town. Gorbachev escorted him back and forth. One
night ...
The minister in charge of construction for the whole country, Mr. Isayev, was
staying at one of the dachas (country houses) of the Supreme Soviet and taking
treatments in a sanitorium in town. Gorbachev escorted him back and forth. One
night ...
Page 116
came to Kislovodsk many times, and the young Party secretary had to meet his
train each time, accompany him to his state dacha, Red Rocks, settle him in, then
see him to the public spas for his baths in Narzan water and treatments for his ...
came to Kislovodsk many times, and the young Party secretary had to meet his
train each time, accompany him to his state dacha, Red Rocks, settle him in, then
see him to the public spas for his baths in Narzan water and treatments for his ...
Page 280
At the congress, disingenuously defending himself on the "dacha question,"
Gorbachev had said, in a wounded voice: ". . . In my whole life, neither I nor
members of my family have had dachas and do not have any personal ones." In
fact, he ...
At the congress, disingenuously defending himself on the "dacha question,"
Gorbachev had said, in a wounded voice: ". . . In my whole life, neither I nor
members of my family have had dachas and do not have any personal ones." In
fact, he ...
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Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
Kulak Mania | 35 |
Living with Contradiction | 41 |
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| Title | The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev |
| Author | Gail Sheehy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | HarperCollins, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060165472, 9780060165475 |
| Length | 401 pages |
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