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 242
... political prisoners were freed.2 New " New Soviet Man " The release of Sakharov , together with Gorbachev's momentous de- cision to expose some of the worst horrors of Soviet history , initiated the campaign of democratization in ...
... political prisoners were freed.2 New " New Soviet Man " The release of Sakharov , together with Gorbachev's momentous de- cision to expose some of the worst horrors of Soviet history , initiated the campaign of democratization in ...
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... political vanguard . " Even as he promised , " We have to change everything , " he protested , in a voice revealing for its pleading tone , " I am a Communist ! " Back in the spare apartment he used as a study , Andrei Sakharov sat down ...
... political vanguard . " Even as he promised , " We have to change everything , " he protested , in a voice revealing for its pleading tone , " I am a Communist ! " Back in the spare apartment he used as a study , Andrei Sakharov sat down ...
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... politicians seeking to protect their own scams were eager to render " mafia " as synonymous with " capitalist businessmen " or " co- op operators , " rather than to acknowledge what it really was - raw political corruption . I asked ...
... politicians seeking to protect their own scams were eager to render " mafia " as synonymous with " capitalist businessmen " or " co- op operators , " rather than to acknowledge what it really was - raw political corruption . I asked ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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