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¶ … Mikhail Gorbachev faced as leader of the Soviet Union, both domestically and internationally. What were his main economic, political, and foreign policies, and how well did they work?
Gorbachev was the leader of the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was the final head of state in the Soviet Union; his term lasted until the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. In 1991. He was a member and state official of the Communist Party and since is presidency, he has gained membership as part of the Social Democratic Party of Russia. He has been a Social Democrat for the duration of the 21st century. Gorbachev's career has traversed many changes in politics, economics, technology, and geography. As the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, much of the international situation that occupied his time related to the Cold War with the United States of America, and President Ronald Reagan. One the domestic front, Gorbachev's priorities were to strengthen and revitalize various parts of the Russian infrastructure. He enacted reforms toward rapid industrialization and increased agricultural productivity. Many of his domestic reforms were efforts to jumpstart the internal...
Furthermore, Gorbachev attempted to reform internal bureaucracies and public administration as a means to make them more efficient and transparent. Another important changed Gorbachev enacted during his time as head of state included the replacement and changing of key staff within the government, particularly high-ranking officials with great authority, whose thinking and methods reflected an era and a perspective that were not useful in the late 20th century. Gorbachev was very concerned with renewing Russia inside and out. He enacted policies that raised the prices of alcohol and increased restrictions upon the sale of alcohol, as part of the effort to combat the widespread alcoholism throughout the Soviet Union. The campaign was ended up being quite costly financially, but served as an effective symbol of positive change for Russia. He further enacted a set of reforms and policies called perestroika, which were central to his plans to transition Russia into more of a social democracy than a failing, corrupt communist republic. As part of his reforms called glasnost, Soviet citizens were granted more personal freedom and rights, including increased freedom of…
He was "a man of crown" as O. Poptsov said about him. He used peoples' interests and gained great authority, he was popular and moved society to resist the coup. That was not difficult - people blamed Communists for bad life and in every bad thing in the state, so, "Yeltsin had a great support and managed strengthening his power" (Gorbachev, M. Shriver, G. (translator) Gorbachev p. 121). But
Ethical Leadership: A Case Study of Mikhail Gorbachev As the eighth and last leader of the former Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1990) and best-selling author Mikhail Gorbachev was alternatively the Communist Party general secretary during the period 1985 through 1991, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1991 as well as the first president of the Soviet Union
President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister Describe the international political environment of the 1980s -- the "stage" on which these individuals were to play a critical role. In the 1980s, the United States and Russia were still in the middle of the Cold War. President Ronald Reagan made it clear that although things had cooled some between the United States and the U.S.S.R. thanks to efforts by the Nixon administration
Russian Orthodox Religion The Russian Orthodox Church has been through many evolutions and challenges along the way to being more than a thousand years old. The Church originally emerged from a pagan society and was greatly influenced by existing Christian beliefs from other regions. This paper reviews the changes that the Church has gone through -- including the attacks on its beliefs and buildings and its monasteries by the Bolsheviks, who
Many young people voted for Reagan as he represented rebellion against the authority figures in society but was a rebellion characterized by valiance and effectuated through skillful communication. The approval rating of Reagan was approximately 42% when 1982 began but dropped to the record low 35% later that same year. The U.S. entered a recession. If one is to set their focus upon obtaining a chance at being the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt came to lead the U.S. during a difficult period in the country's history. The Great Depression ruined many individuals in the U.S. And this influenced the authorities in expressing interest in strategies that it could use with the purpose of improving conditions in the country. Both FDR and the Congress acknowledged that adopting an isolationist policy was one of the most effective methods of satisfying people at