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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... Misha went off to Krasnogvardeiskoye for his last three years of school that he would have had any perspective of the wide open sweep of steppe between a gentle line of mountains that melts into a mauve blur . Icy winds whirling across ...
... Misha went off to Krasnogvardeiskoye for his last three years of school that he would have had any perspective of the wide open sweep of steppe between a gentle line of mountains that melts into a mauve blur . Icy winds whirling across ...
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... Misha should stay in Krasnogvardeiskoye for his final year of high school . Misha and another boy from his home village , Dmitry Markov , rented a room . Their landlady , Tamara Un- stentova , still lives in the tiny cottage with its ...
... Misha should stay in Krasnogvardeiskoye for his final year of high school . Misha and another boy from his home village , Dmitry Markov , rented a room . Their landlady , Tamara Un- stentova , still lives in the tiny cottage with its ...
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... Misha and his father and the Yakovenkos , along with many of the local officials , was nominated for a prestigious govern- ment award , the Order of the Red Banner of Labor . The young man had to buy his first suit and get a haircut for ...
... Misha and his father and the Yakovenkos , along with many of the local officials , was nominated for a prestigious govern- ment award , the Order of the Red Banner of Labor . The young man had to buy his first suit and get a haircut for ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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