The Man who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. GorbachevThe human story of an inner struggle, a struggle that is the culmination of the series of lives Gorbachev has led throughout his career. Presents the first full-scale portrait of this unique figure. |
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Page 134
... Kvint , an economist then at Novosibirsk . “ That means it took fifty years to change old machines to new ones , " says Kvint . After developing a computer model to plot Reaganomics , he proposed using the new American timetable for ...
... Kvint , an economist then at Novosibirsk . “ That means it took fifty years to change old machines to new ones , " says Kvint . After developing a computer model to plot Reaganomics , he proposed using the new American timetable for ...
Page 263
... Kvint , professor of economics , who worked before perestroika with Aganbegyan and later in Moscow with Aganbegyan and Abalkin . While acknowledging Gorbachev's great contribution in not getting in the way of the democratization forces ...
... Kvint , professor of economics , who worked before perestroika with Aganbegyan and later in Moscow with Aganbegyan and Abalkin . While acknowledging Gorbachev's great contribution in not getting in the way of the democratization forces ...
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... Kvint . One whole wall of his dining room was covered with a map of the vast Soviet empire . When conversation at the table turned to the possible violent breakup of the empire , I asked , " What does the country really need and what ...
... Kvint . One whole wall of his dining room was covered with a map of the vast Soviet empire . When conversation at the table turned to the possible violent breakup of the empire , I asked , " What does the country really need and what ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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