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Gorbachev
William Taubman · 2013 · 880 pages
Politics and governmentHeads of stateBiographyGorbachev, mikhail sergeevich, 1931-Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991Russia (federation), politics and government
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A comprehensive biography of the final leader of the Soviet Union chronicles Gorbachev's rise from peasant to politician and describes how his liberal policies ended the Cold War and unintentionally provoked the breakup of the USSR.
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