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Gorbachev

Gorbachev
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1990/gorbachev/lecture
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 Dinesh
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During [this] turbulent time, Soviet leadership reeked of decay. In the span of less than three years, a long-invalid Leonid Brezhnev, the frail Yuri Andropov, and the nearly catatonic Konstantin Chernenko, all died in office. As central authority teetered, regional aspirations grew. In 1985, a youthful Mikhail Gorbachev took office and recognized the need for reform. For years later, he decided to allow the nations of Eastern Europe to decide their futures for themselves. In a flash, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria waved goodbye. The gravitational pull that kept the Soviets’ spheres in their orbit had lost power. And the implosion did not end there. On December 31, 199, after a tumult-filled two years, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics disbanded. The Soviet Union was no more. ~ Page 252

OF FEAR AND STRANGERS
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 Dinesh
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'When we started, we did not understand the depth of the problems we faced.' ~ Mikhail Gorbachev, 1990
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 Dinesh
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And when the Cold war was winding down, The Dalai Lama visited Michail Gorbachev. As he entered the vast and impressive Grand Kremlin Palace, I hear, the Dalai Lama paused to go over and shake hands with a guard at the door. That was the first time in his twenty-five years of standing there, the guard reported, that any dignitary had so much as noticed him. ~ Page 56

A FORCE FOR GOOD
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