Gorbachev
Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991
Russia (federation), politics and government
Heads of state
New York Times reviewed
Politics and government
Biography
A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.
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