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Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory legacy of Soviet leader who attempted 'revolution from above'

  • Written by Ronald Suny, Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory legacy of Soviet leader who attempted 'revolution from above'Liberator, failed reformer or architect of Soviet demise?Bryn Colton/Getty Images

Mikhail Gorbachev was a contradictory figure; his legacy, complex. Hailed in the West as a democrat and liberator of his people – which he genuinely was – he increasingly became despised by many within Russia for destroying the Soviet Union and dismantling...

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