Mikhail Kutuzov

In Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, his character Friar John seems, in a sense, the embodiment of many of the controversial ideas presented in the book. Rabelais was a monk, but he was also a writer, a physician, and a scholar whose interests and studies ranged widely, and his characters and ideas often seem more humanist and innovative--and sometimes even shocking--than pious and orthodox. Humanism emphasizes man’s inherent goodness, as well as a positive outlook on human potential, worth, and

Speaking of Reagan’s policies of yesteryear, one of Reagan’s primary goals as president was to tear down the “Evil Empire.” In 1985, Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth leader of the Soviet Union in Geneva to initiate talks about bringing the two countries together. As soon as Reagan came to know Gorbachev a bit more, he realized that he was different from other Soviet leaders: he was charming and humorous (Noonan, 288). The two were not tense like with other presidents and Soviet leaders

Gorbachev had to take on a lot problems that was part of the Soviet Union. Many of them revolved around the Soviet economy, which was under a lot of stress. Reagan added more pressure by increasing America’s defense spending. Gorbachev wanted to reconstruct the Soviet Union’s government. He called for less government control of the economy. He recognized if they had good relations with the US would allow the Soviets to reduce their military spending and reform their economy. The US and the Soviet

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

There were several causes and some of them mentioned here, like bankruptcy of the planned economy or unsuccessful occupation of Afghanistan had to do with it. But this alone was not a reason for the communist ideology to fell. First of all, the communist ideology needed followers that were willing to support and sacrifice themselves for it. As long the communist regime enabled social mobility in exchange for loyalty, the support among the masses was rather big. Between 1955-1980, USSR experienced

Gorbachev was the final leader before the USSR completely dissolved; his policies were not authoritative as Brezhnev, rather he wanted to promote a more “open” society and change the form of tradition in the USSR. The policy he imposed was his dual program called Glasnost and Perestroika. To begin, Perestroika referred to a sweep or reconstruction of the entire systems that the earlier regime had in place. All the economic and political policies completely changed in order to give more freedom to

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT 1 & 11) was an arbitration in which the US and the Soviet Union pledged to maintain productive compromise on strategic aggressive weapons. There were two individual consultations, SALT 1 & 11, both were approved by the US and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972 and 1979. The original set of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT 1) launched in November of 1969 and ended in May 1972. The following set of Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT 11)

credited to the actions of Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George Bush, as well as the breakup of communist satellite nations. Ronald Reagan with his increased spending in the defense sector instigated an arms race with the Soviet Union in an attempt to overwhelm the Soviet Union through military influence. However, the Soviet Union was unable to keep up with the arms race due to a weak and stagnating economy since building new weapons was costly. Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 also introduced two new

The Reagan Doctrine was never a single formal document that would state Reagan’s foreign policy, as it was more so a term invented by the media as a way to refer and mark the vast change in U.S. foreign policy compared to Reagan’s predecessor. It is also speculated that the fact there is no official document to account for is intentional on Reagan and his foreign policy advisor’s behalf. Although it could’ve had a positive impact for the sake of public relations and garnering support, the key foreign

The investigation will answer the question, “To what extent was Mikhail Gorbachev a successful Soviet leader?” This question is significant because many of the people of the Soviet Union saw Gorbachev as one of their worst leaders, while the rest of the world had a positive image of the former Soviet leader. While Gorbachev did improve relations between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, his popularity among his own people plummeted. The success of a leader can be defined