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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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... Suslov bringing Gorba- chev to Moscow . Gorbachev had played his hand well enough so that Suslov also thought of Mikhail Sergeyevich as a loyal follower . And Suslov himself knew Gorbachev well since he continued to send his enemies as ...
... Suslov bringing Gorba- chev to Moscow . Gorbachev had played his hand well enough so that Suslov also thought of Mikhail Sergeyevich as a loyal follower . And Suslov himself knew Gorbachev well since he continued to send his enemies as ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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