Soviet Politics and Journalism under Mikhail Gorbachev’s Perestroika and Glasnost: Why Hopes Failed
The terms perestroika (literally, "transformation") and glasnost (literally, "transparency ") refer to the social change that took place in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.
Dmitry Strovsky, Ron Schleifer
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Mikhail Gorbachev, the human factor, and the implosion of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev's unique contribution to the final balance of the Cold War and to the process that culminated simultaneously in the implosion of the Soviet Union and the failure of Soviet communism has motivated and continues to motivate scholars to ...
D. Nunes
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Mikhail Gorbachev and the Politics of Perestroika
Archie Brown notes how the meaning of perestroika, a concept Gorbachev used well before he became Soviet leader, changed over time. The focus is on Gorbachev as a politician operating in the Soviet domestic context.
Archie Brown
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The Impact of Soviet-American Negotiations on the Change in Soviet Religious Policy (1985-1989): The Historical and Political Contexts of Gorbachev's Visit to the Vatican. [PDF]
This article deals with a radical change in the religious politics of the Soviet government between 1987 and 1988. Then, the celebration of the 1000th Anniversary of the Christianization of Rus’ became not only a Church issue but also an event of great ...
Boris Filippov
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România, Rusia și geopolitica conflictului transnistrean / Russia and the geopolitics of the Transnistrian conflict [PDF]
In the context of the phenomenon of restructuring and opening of the Soviet society, respectively of the processes of “glasnost” and “perestroika” initiated by Mikhail S.
Constantin Corneanu
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O NOVO EQUILÍBRIO REAGAN-GORBACHEV
O texto analisa o encontro entre o presidente estadunidense Ronald Reagan e o primeiro-ministro soviético Mikhail Gorbachev, em Washington, em 08 de dezembro de 1987, para assinar um tratado de diminuição das armas nucleares, que fora firmado em Genebra,
Érica Salatini, Rafael Salatini
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Impactul marilor catastrofe asupra politicii lui Mihail S. Gorbaciov [PDF]
In the history of the Soviet Union, there were many natural and man-made catastrophes, which authorities obviously preferred not to talk about. In an attempt to create the illusion of the perfect society, both for Soviet citizens and outsiders, the ...
Simion GHEORGHIU
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Gorbachev: Don’t Give up Hope for World without Nuclear Weapons
In this interview carried out by two staff writers of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev recalls how he engaged in dialogues with the United States in the final years of the Cold War.
Hideki Soejima, Takashi Kida
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The Problems of Perestroika: The KGB and Mikhail Gorbachev's Reforms
The KGB and the rest of the Soviet intelligence and policing apparatus are commonly portrayed as having been among the staunchest of conservative opponents to the reform process in the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 1980s.
S. Miles
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Von Hippel describes his collaboration with a group advising Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, as they devised strategies, including “glasnost” (openness and transparency) to end the nuclear arms race with the United States as part of a larger effort to ...
Frank Von Hippel, Tomoko Kurokawa
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