ACCT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Mikhail Gorbachev, Nikita Khrushchev, Berlin Wall
20 Jul 2020
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End of the ussr a revolution without violence. Gorbachev became the new party leader in 1985. The new post-stalinist soviet generation: hope for revitalization, politically education was formed in the era of khrushchev. Strong conviction for communism and leninism, but reforms were needed: his reforms spun out of control, but his reaction was always morally correct, he could not retain the outcomes of his reforms. Was mikhail gorbachev a failure or a hero?: his reforms were a failure, the society made big steps forward, no oppression, he liberated soviet society (even if he didn"t mean to). 5 elements of failure and heroism by gorbachev: ideology. Gorbachev was an intellectual, but he came from a humble background. How: building a power base and balancing the opposites, taking initiative against the old", reach-out to the new", starting bold experiments under the four slogans of: perestroika, glasnost, demokratizatsia, new thinking.
