He transformed the Soviet Union but could not save it.
Tag: USSR (Former Soviet Union)
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With War in Ukraine, Putin Tries to Unravel Gorbachev’s Legacy
President Vladimir V. Putin calls the end of the Soviet Union a “genuine tragedy” for Russia, and he blamed Mikhail S. Gorbachev for bending to the demands of a treacherous and duplicitous West.
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A Reporter’s Memories of Gorbachev, and That Pizza Hut Commercial
Anatoly Kurmanaev, a New York Times reporter, recalls a childhood forever changed by a man with a distinctive birthmark.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91
Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U.S.S.R.
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The Mood of Ukraine’s Independence Day? Defiance.
Volunteers raised a Ukrainian flag over a giant Soviet-era monument in Kyiv as President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a speech in front of ruined Russian tanks in the city’s center.