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 107
... dachas ( country houses ) of the Supreme Soviet and taking treatments in a sanitorium in town . Gor- bachev escorted him back and forth . One night the minister invited the two men to the dacha for a game of billiards . Starshikov ...
... dachas ( country houses ) of the Supreme Soviet and taking treatments in a sanitorium in town . Gor- bachev escorted him back and forth . One night the minister invited the two men to the dacha for a game of billiards . Starshikov ...
Page 116
... dacha , Red Rocks , settle him in , then see him to the public spas for his baths in Narzan water and treatments for his chronic kidney problems . It was during these visits that the alliance between Gorbachev and his ultimate patron ...
... dacha , Red Rocks , settle him in , then see him to the public spas for his baths in Narzan water and treatments for his chronic kidney problems . It was during these visits that the alliance between Gorbachev and his ultimate patron ...
Page 280
... 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 had at least four homes either in construction ...
... 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 had at least four homes either in construction ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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