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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... Lenin Hills , not far from Moscow University . Before leaving the luxurious cocoon of an international jetliner , I squirreled away airline sugar , salt , pepper , and butter . Since it was often impossible to make a phone call out of ...
... Lenin Hills , not far from Moscow University . Before leaving the luxurious cocoon of an international jetliner , I squirreled away airline sugar , salt , pepper , and butter . Since it was often impossible to make a phone call out of ...
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... Lenin . The lyrics said Lenin was “ a friend and a führer and a leader . ” Führer . That meant only one thing - Hitler . The students cursed and snarled at the German teacher : How dare she ask them to sing " führer " and " Lenin " in ...
... Lenin . The lyrics said Lenin was “ a friend and a führer and a leader . ” Führer . That meant only one thing - Hitler . The students cursed and snarled at the German teacher : How dare she ask them to sing " führer " and " Lenin " in ...
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... Lenin , the spires of Stalin's Empire skyscrapers , the broad boulevards with parades of trees under leafy parasols , and at the very top , swept up in the clouds of the Lenin Hills , the Mount Olympus of the intelligentsia - Moscow ...
... Lenin , the spires of Stalin's Empire skyscrapers , the broad boulevards with parades of trees under leafy parasols , and at the very top , swept up in the clouds of the Lenin Hills , the Mount Olympus of the intelligentsia - Moscow ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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