2006-07-17 22:13:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Did he destroy the empire ? is it true he was gay ? is it true people hates him ?
2006-07-17 22:18:11 · update #1
is it true he lives in US cause he wasnt able to live in russia anymore because he is considered as a son of evil and betrayer
2006-07-17 22:24:32 · update #2
No, he was just smart enough not to be a dictator and let it break up!
He is more of a humanitarian than his predessesors!
See perestroika
2006-07-17 22:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by happymrzot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the collapse could be laid at his door. Gorbachev was a visionary who could forsee the fall of the Soviet system unless it changed. However the changes he brought about led to people asserting their long oppressed rights to self determination and freedom. Don't forget the old guard in the Kremlin tried to over power Gorbachev in a coup while he was on holiday in the Crimea. This broke Gorbachev's power as his survival in his position was only possible with the intervention of Boris Yeltsin and from then on he found himself undermined by Yeltsin's increasing influence. As for any guilt ascribed to him for the deaths of people in ex soviet republics, what are the deaths to which you refer?
2006-07-18 05:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by keefer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gorbacev was a good guy.
US played a great role in breakin up The USSR
2006-07-18 05:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by friend 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Gorbachev was riding a whirlwind not created by him.
2006-07-18 05:18:43 · answer #4 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋