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Reform and Cold War history

One quote describes perestroika as Gorbachev and his supporters Acting on alternatives to policies they viewed as failing at home and abroad.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Attempted
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Nov 07, 2020

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.

Quotes by Stephen Cohen

Dangerous
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Nov 07, 2020

The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad.

Quotes by Stephen Cohen

Lost
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Nov 07, 2020

The opportunities that Gorbachev created for international relations have also been missed, perhaps even lost - here, however, primarily because of the United States.

Quotes by Stephen Cohen

Explicitly
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Nov 07, 2020

Stalin, of course, never went on trial, but his legacy did. In 1956, three years after his death, he was denounced by Nikita Khrushchev. And his crimes were even more explicitly exposed by Mikhail Gorbachev during the late '80s. Yet to many, Stalin remains more legitimate as a Russian leader than anyone since.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Berlin
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Nov 07, 2020

Dad's astute knowledge of foreign policy impressed Gorbachev during the time of the Berlin Wall when Dad refused to gloat during the reunification of Germany.

Quotes by Dorothy Bush Koch

Family
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Nov 07, 2020

I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev.

Quotes by Armie Hammer

Historians quoted here often make Astute observations about how his reforms reshaped both Soviet leadership and international relations.

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