Mikhail Gorbachev

amongst nations. There were many Soviet Union leaders but one that really stood out was Mikhail Gorbachev, an energetic 54-year-old, Andropov’s apprentice with a new and interesting mind who recognized that the Soviet economy could not survive without serious good changes. He also hoped for better superpower relations. “Superpower relations continued to improve during Reagan's final year in office. While

biggest deals here was that he was the first president, during the cold war to preside 8 years of broken peace. Reagan was the first ever president to reach an arms reduction with the soviets. Along he also helped Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the soviet union. He helped Gorbachev by making it possible for reconstructing the soviet society. Reagan was said to "reverse the decades old flow" and by changing some federal programs, states were having to take responsibilities

There is a lot of controversy surrounding Mikhail Gorbachev winning the Time magazine’s Man of the Year, and Man of the Decade. Mainly due to Time Magazine being an American magazine and tensions between America and Russia were still uneasy. However, Gorbachev completed great things in his time of presidency and even strengthened Russia’s relationship with America and other countries. It is fair to say that this was the man who deserved the Man of the Year, and the Man of the Decade award. Strengthening

Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was a Russian ruler in the 1980s and 90s. Perhaps because his presidency was more recent, he is often not covered in history classes, at least, in my experience. He really should be, though, for he was one of the most influential figures in Russian history, from his remarkable early achievements, his quick rise to power, his attempt at major reforms to the Soviet Union, and his continued political influence after his resignation. Born Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev has greatly contributed to the collapse of the USSR that has consequently leaded to the end of the cold war. He came to power in 1985 as the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and resigned in 1991 as the president of the Soviet Union ending the existence of USSR. During this time, Gorbachev’s actions such as the creation of “perestroika” and “glasnost” policy, the ending of the Afghanistan war, the agreement of reunification of

example, when Gorbachev came to power in 1985, there were 50,000 Pcs in the Soviet Union; in the United States there were 30 million. Four years after the fact, there were something like 400,000 Pcs in the Soviet Union, and 40 million in the United States. As per one Soviet economist, by the late 1980s, just eight percent of Soviet industry was aggressive at world norms. It is troublesome to remain a superpower when 92 percent of

line, “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Mr. Reagan’s condemnations and misgivings were misguided and unjust to the efforts of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev- a reformer who strived to open up the declining Soviet State. In order to open up his state, Gorbachev instituted two programs, Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring). Perestroika revolved around economic liberalization while Glasnost focused on a more open Soviet society. Gorbachev instituted

Differences and Similarities Between Reagan and Gorbachev The Cold War, which started sometime in the 1940’s, was a large quarrel between the United States and the Soviet Union. This dispute involved a lot of propaganda and threats of nuclear warfare. Despite all of the trouble though, after over forty years of fighting, the two leaders of these countries (Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev) would finally work out a solution. However, although they did reach an agreement, there were many differences

delay peace. Although, Reagan's willingness to negotiate was a clear factor in ending the Cold War, his aggressive arms race may have done more to forestall peace than abet it. The ascendance of Mikhail Gorbachev to power, the stagnating economy of Russia, and the personal friendship forged between Gorbachev and Reagan were the clear factors that contributed to

was going on. The Soviet government’s lies of economic success and superiority over the Western capitalist states had controlled the citizens of Russia to believe that the USSR’s Communist regime was growing for half a decade. It wasn’t until Mikhail Gorbachev that mocked previous leaders like Stalin and Brezhnev for being responsible for not improving the Soviet economy. Gorbachev’s reforms to modernize the USSR created more freedom and openness for Russians, but sprawled uprisings and revolutions