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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on August 30, 2022, 10:14:37 PM

Title: Gorbachev dead
Post by: Nearly Sane on August 30, 2022, 10:14:37 PM

The incredible impact he had seems faded now because of current situation


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62732447

Title: Re: Gorbachev dead
Post by: Anchorman on August 31, 2022, 08:49:10 AM

Ironic that he is rightly lauded for his part in ending the USSR and Iron Curtain (even though unintentionally) in the West, but largely disparaged in Russia.

Title: Re: Gorbachev dead
Post by: ad_orientem on August 31, 2022, 02:54:52 PM

How you view Gorbachev will largely depend upon where you're from. Our image of him in the West is a mainly positive one, a reflection of the hope we had at the time that things were really changing. You'll get a very different view of him in Eastern Europe though, where many will tell you he was a criminal, who tried to prolong the existence of the Soviet Union and sent tanks into Riga, Vilnius, Tbilisi, Alma-Ata, and other cities resulting in many innocent deaths.