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{{Infobox politician|name=Mikhail Gorbachev|native_name=Михаил Горбачёв|political_line=[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]|birth_date=2 March 1931|birth_place=Privolnoye, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Mikhail Gorbachev.png|caption=Gorbachev in 1987|death_date=30 August 2022|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Federation]]}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Mikhail Gorbachev|native_name=Михаил Горбачёв|political_line=[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]|birth_date=2 March 1931|birth_place=Privolnoye, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|image=Mikhail Gorbachev.png|caption=Gorbachev in 1987|death_date=30 August 2022|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[Russian Federation]]}} | ||
'''Mikhail Gorbachev''' was a former Soviet politician who is known for organizing the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]]. | '''Mikhail Gorbachev''' was a former Soviet politician who is known for organizing the [[overthrow of the Soviet Union]]. He supported the [[1989 Tian'anmen Square riots|1989 CIA-backed riots in Beijing]] and advocates for the overthrow of remaining [[Socialist state|socialist states]] in Asia and the rest of the world.<ref>{{Citation|author=Mikhail Gorbachev|year=2000|title=My Ambition was to Liquidate Communism|title-url=https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv6n1/gorbach.htm|publisher=[[Revolutionary Democracy]]}}</ref> | ||
== Political positions == | == Political positions == | ||
Gorbachev | Gorbachev promoted a policy of glasnost<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: гласность</ref> (openness), which resulted in [[Communism|communists]] being purged from the CPSU and mass media. He established market reforms called perestroika, which diminished state support for the [[Proletariat|working class]].<ref group="lower-alpha">Russian: перестройка</ref> He reduced assistance to less developed parts of the Soviet Union, increasing national conflict. In 1996, Gorbachev ran for president but received less than 1% of the vote.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Gorbachev: Darling of the West, despised at home & worldwide|date=2022-08-31|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/gorbachev-darling-of-the-west-despised-at-home-worldwide/|retrieved=2022-09-01}}</ref> | ||
== Notes == | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Politicians]] | [[Category:Politicians]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:58, 1 September 2022
Mikhail Gorbachev Михаил Горбачёв | |
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 Gorbachev in 1987 | |
| Born | 2 March 1931 Privolnoye, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 August 2022 Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Political orientation | Anti-communism Social democracy |
Mikhail Gorbachev was a former Soviet politician who is known for organizing the overthrow of the Soviet Union. He supported the 1989 CIA-backed riots in Beijing and advocates for the overthrow of remaining socialist states in Asia and the rest of the world.[1]
Political positions
Gorbachev promoted a policy of glasnost[a] (openness), which resulted in communists being purged from the CPSU and mass media. He established market reforms called perestroika, which diminished state support for the working class.[b] He reduced assistance to less developed parts of the Soviet Union, increasing national conflict. In 1996, Gorbachev ran for president but received less than 1% of the vote.[2]
Notes
References
- ↑ Mikhail Gorbachev (2000). My Ambition was to Liquidate Communism. Revolutionary Democracy.
- ↑ "Gorbachev: Darling of the West, despised at home & worldwide" (2022-08-31). Liberation News. Retrieved 2022-09-01.