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Mikhail Gorbavhev

            Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931 in Privolnoye, .
             He went to Moscow Univerisity where he graduated in Law. .
             Mikhail Gorbachev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952 and acted .
             as First Secretary of Stavropol City Committee of Komsomol (1955-1958). He was later .
             elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union as a .
             Member in 1971. From 1978-1985 he served as Secretary of the Central Committee with .
             responsibility for agriculture. From 1985 to 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev was the General .
             Secretary of the Communist Party. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme .
             Soviet from 1970-1990 and acted as Chairman for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the.
             Soviet of the Union in 1984-85. From 1985 to 1990 he was a Member in the Presidium .
             of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, serving as its President (1989-1990). He served as .
             President of the USSR in 1990-1991.
             Mikhail Gorbachev was the world's most important individual in the late 1980's .
             because he was not like any of his predecessors. He changed the system significantly by .
             breaking up the Soviet Union and the release of the Eastern Bloc countries. Gorbachev .
             was different, he did not have power or prestige as his main goal in life. He was an .
             idealist. Mikhail Gorbachev made a difference in history by rapidly ending the Soviet .
             Union, ending the Cold War and discrediting socialism , ushered in the globalization of .
             finance, the information age, and the rise of the Internet. The polarized world of the Cold .
             War would not have allowed the globalization of the world wide web communication. By .
             doing exactly what he had done before he had attained power, he brought about a .
             peaceful transformation of the soviet society when in the previous eight decades millions .
             had been killed by direct or indirect orders of the soviet leadership. Except this time he .
             had the power to do anything he wanted because he wanted because he was the leader of .


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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. ... Mikhail knew that when a community is less controlled by the government they become happier with their ruling system, and that gave him the idea of keeping business controlled by the population without the government managing every type of matter. ...

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2. Collapse of Communism

Change began in 1985 when Mikhail S. ... On the labor front, Mikhail tackled a colossal strike by miners in July of 1989 in Siberia. ... Evidently, Mikhail ended up in a no win situation. ... Mikhail Gorbachev was determined to uphold the intellectual structure of socialism and communism while alleviating the state of fraud and political fright. ... Mikhail's perestroika is similar in significance. ...

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3. Gary Gilmore

In attempts to understand his brother's actions, Mikhail Gilmore examines how certain experiences in Gary's life led him to commit murder. ... Mikhail believed that this distaste, along with his father's favoritism towards Gaylen, the new born brother, left Gary feeling neglected. ... Mikhail believed his older brothers signified the teenage rebellion of the 1950's. ... Gary explained these new codes of life to Mikhail one Christmas visit. He told Mikhail that you have to be "hard," and that "soft boys" didn't have what it takes to survive the type of lifestyle Gary le...

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4. labor

Gorbachev's popularity grew in the West as he became known as a brave reformer and supporter of peace. His popularity at home plummeted though as the problems of the Soviet Union increased. His attempts to save Soviet communism became more difficult as all the former Soviet Eastern Bloc countries b...

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5. Gorbachev's Half-Measures

Russia is a nation that has gone through many hardships and reformations to get where it is today. After the Tsarist regime over the country disintegrated, many leaders arose with plans that included radical reforms to change Russia from where it stands, as well as one that attempted to stabilize th...

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6. Gorbachev's Reforms

On taking office in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev faced one problem more daunting than all others combined. ... Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to reform the Soviet Union seemed to be a glimmer of light at the end of a very long and painful tunnel that the Soviet people had been brought through, however it would only bring them more suffering. ...

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7. Fall Of The Soviet Union

"If Vladimir Ilich Lenin was the father of the soviet state, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was its gravedigger- (McCauley 344). ... When Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1985 he instituted his plans of perestroika and glasnost. ...

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8. Gorbachev Warns Obama to Begin Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, warned that a NATO victory in Afghanistan is "impossible" and said that the US should withdraw its troops immediately in order to avoid another Vietnam. ...

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9. The Collapse of the Soviet Union

On December 25, 1991, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russia. ... In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the leader of USSR. ... To appease the dictators needs, Mikhail Gorbachev, in his economic reform, cut out the monitoring cost and enlarged the feasible space of economy by allowing people, especially dictators, to privately own the companies (Harrison). ...

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  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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