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Destiny so ruled that when I found myself at the helm of this state it already was clear that something was wrong in this country. We had a lot of ev… - Mikhail Gorbachev
" "Destiny so ruled that when I found myself at the helm of this state it already was clear that something was wrong in this country. We had a lot of everything - land, oil and gas, other natural resources - and there was intellect and talent in abundance. However, we were living much worse than people in the industrialized countries were living and we were increasingly lagging behind them. The reason was obvious even then. This country was suffocating in the shackles of the bureaucratic command system. Doomed to cater to ideology, and suffer and carry the onerous burden of the arms race, it found itself at the breaking point.
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About Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв, IPA: [gərbəˈtɕof], commonly anglicized as Gorbachev; 2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was General Secretary of the Communist Party and served as leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. His attempts at reform helped to end the Cold War, but also ended the political supremacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and dissolved the Soviet Union. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв
Also Known As:
Gorby
Alternative Names:
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov
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Mikhail Gorbachyov
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Mikhail Gorbachov
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Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev
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M. Gorbachev
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M.S. Gorbachev
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Gorbachev
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