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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... official accounts , stepped forward to help lead the government drive to subdue the farmers of Privolnoye . Whether for reasons of idealism or self - preser- vation , or both , they not only surrendered their land to the state and ...
... official accounts , stepped forward to help lead the government drive to subdue the farmers of Privolnoye . Whether for reasons of idealism or self - preser- vation , or both , they not only surrendered their land to the state and ...
Page 110
... official from Moscow aroused fear and submission among the corrupt petty officeholders in the provinces . They would bow and scrape and lavish gifts on the man without so much as questioning his rank or real position . In Gogol's play ...
... official from Moscow aroused fear and submission among the corrupt petty officeholders in the provinces . They would bow and scrape and lavish gifts on the man without so much as questioning his rank or real position . In Gogol's play ...
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... official Party newspaper , aroused much suspicion . Kulakov was said to have died very " suddenly , " having developed " an acute heart insufficiency " in the night that brought this vital organ to a " sudden standstill . " A curious ...
... official Party newspaper , aroused much suspicion . Kulakov was said to have died very " suddenly , " having developed " an acute heart insufficiency " in the night that brought this vital organ to a " sudden standstill . " A curious ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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