The Gorbachev era – a period of time, which has been the reason for many controversial theories, raised debatable questions and still, more than 25 years after this time has passed, the consequences of Gorbachev's ruling are still pending under consideration. Accurate answers have not been provided, and if there are – they are strongly subjective and opinion-based. What are the reasons of the collapse of an established political system - the base of the Soviet "Empire", which has managed to stay at the top for more than five decades, outlived the Second World War, and has been the Motherland to more than half of Europe? Some track the roots of the demise of the Soviet System back to its earliest rise, at its conception as a political ideology, while some throw the blame merely on the decisions of Gorbachev. Were the capitalists right by labeling the Soviet System as unviable and had predicted its collapse due to economic contradictions, or was it the strongly oppressed population, demanding freedom of speech and freedom of markets? As many questions as we raise, the fact that Gorbachev turned out to be at the right position, in the right time, changing the course of history by crossing out the Communist Regime, still remains undeniable. .
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev is a product of a system that does not encourage radical innovations or reforms, nor open-to-democracy-minded people. And still, what are the qualities that Gorbachev had, as a child originating from a peasant family, that distinguished him and helped him reach the top? Gorbachev seemed to have proven his loyalty towards the Marxist-Leninist doctrine, especially towards Stalin, in his teenage years. Archie Brown notes that "Gorbachev has the political will to make significant innovations in both Soviet domestic and foreign policy"1, and German biographer Christian Shmidt-Hauer states that "the new leader is ambitious for power- not power for its own sake, but power to improve his own society"2.
IT WAS GORBACHEV"S POLITICAL STUPIDITY THAT ALLOWED FOR THE REVOLUTION TO TAKE PLACE. ... Gorbachev was politically stupid and to weak to rule. ... It was Gorbachev's political stupidity that led to such reforms. ... Since he was politically stupid his implementation was responsible for the revolutions of 1989. ... This was in part because of Gorbachev's political stupidity. ...
Next, leading toward a massive revolution to instate communism. ... His political and economic views were seen as drastic changes to most communist "hard-liners". ... Gorbachev's political reforms influenced the economy of Russia. In 1989 there began the nationwide elections with multi-party candidates running for political offices. ... Gorbachev's political values at this point were much like a pendulum. ...
With these policies, Gorbachev planned to modernize Russia. ... Gorbachev wanted to eliminate these feelings and made actual moves for that such as for example, he allowed to 100 people who were opposed to Gorbachev's policies, to form the "Democratic Club" where people from any city could have an open discussion on political affaires. ... In his speech in Rome, he stressed: "We need spiritual values; we need a revolution of the mind. ... During a visit to Finland in October 1989, Gorbachev declared that "the Soviet Union has no moral or political right to interfere in the affairs of its ...
Mikhail Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping were two powerful men seeking for a reform plan for their own countries. ... Perestroika was created by Mikhail Gorbachev and started in the late 1980s. ... Meaning it would reform both the economic and political control over the Soviet Union. ... This changed the Soviet Union; it became a political movement of the communist Party in 1986. ... Deng Xiaoping got away from Mao Tse-tung and came up with the second revolution, this dealt with reforming China's declining economy system and giving them the opportunity of improving and saving such damaged econ...
The reunification of Germany in 1990 marked the end of 45 years of political and military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. This was a political event that was not anticipated by anyone and that is why it was probably one of the greatest surprises of the 20th century. ... Reagan believed that direct military, economic and political pressure against communist governments, would strain the Soviet Union's economic system to a point where they could no longer compete with the United States. ... When Gorbachev's mentor Yori Andropov succeeded Brezhnev. In...
The reformation of Gorbachev was an excellent example to prove this. ... Violence revolutions, form by the Anti-Communists, often occurred. ... We could see this in his approached in the Polish Revolution Crisis. ... Another revolution took it place. ... With the tactics coercion and force and the military, the citizen of Russia were like a puppet that were controlled by the Communist government; they know nothing about the politics or about the government. ...
The anti-Soviet revolution in 1991 shattered the authoritarian grasp of the Soviet Union's communist party. ... Gorbachev demanded reforms however he did not anticipate the consequences. ... Gorbachev also released hundreds of human rights activists and political prisoners who returned home to rebuild national rights organization that were inspired by the repression they endured during the Brezhnev era (Diuk and Karatnycky 7). ... Demonstrations against the government and the party deepened and revolutions erupted. ... The Soviet leadership purposely kept its citizens poor, preferrin...
The Communist Party invaded and controlled every aspect of political, social, cultural and economic life. ... To Lenin, defeat was unthinkable and he was prepared to make any and every sacrifice to win the war and save "the revolution-. ... In no Eastern European country did the revolution have the support of more than a minority of people, yet this minority retained absolute control. ... The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative success of the Poles in achieving concessions for the Moscow leadership. (10) The Hungarians decided to overthrow the Stalinist regime in...
The Communist Party invaded and controlled every aspect of political, social, cultural and economic life. ... To Lenin, defeat was unthinkable and he was prepared to make any and every sacrifice to win the war and save "the revolution-. ... In no Eastern European country did the revolution have the support of more than a minority of people, yet this minority retained absolute control. ... The Hungarian revolution of 1956 was borne out of the relative success of the Poles in achieving concessions for the Moscow leadership. (10) The Hungarians decided to overthrow the Stalinist regime in...
