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 76
... says his roommate . " He couldn't say it openly , but he was much more knowledgeable about this than we city boys . " Shouting and screaming and waving their fists over their heads , the impassioned students of the secret " club ...
... says his roommate . " He couldn't say it openly , but he was much more knowledgeable about this than we city boys . " Shouting and screaming and waving their fists over their heads , the impassioned students of the secret " club ...
Page 80
... says one of her professors , the renowned émigré writer Dr. Alexander Zinoviev . " She studied so - called scientific communism . Only the stupidest students studied this subject . Then she was a Komsomol and Party activist ...
... says one of her professors , the renowned émigré writer Dr. Alexander Zinoviev . " She studied so - called scientific communism . Only the stupidest students studied this subject . Then she was a Komsomol and Party activist ...
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... says Archbishop Antony , who came to the region in 1975 . The new first secretary and his wife were eager to receive mem- bers of the intelligentsia from all over the area . " They liked the company , " says his lion - faced deputy ...
... says Archbishop Antony , who came to the region in 1975 . The new first secretary and his wife were eager to receive mem- bers of the intelligentsia from all over the area . " They liked the company , " says his lion - faced deputy ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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