Moscow’s Revolution
TIME (June26-July6, 2009. pg45-48)

This article starts off by talking about how Mikhail Gorbachev

changed the political structure of Russia away
from the communist system. Before Gorbachev took over,

the Kremlin was in charge that treated the people unfairly.

Many delegates did not agree with Gorbachev’s ways
even though his intentions were good.

Gorbachev managed to achieve his goal by 1989.

Trips overseas were undertaken to learnt more about
the other countries. Gorbachev’s presence cheered on the protesters
who aimed to change history. He had intuitively felt the inevitability of
German’s unification and was not bothered by the disappearance
of the social edifice thus, neither helped nor stopped the collapse of

the Soviet empire when it happened. As such,
he was labeled as a traitor by Russian leaders but still,

he firmly believes that they had no right to interfere without

reckoning the people’s will and for that, the Germans supported him
for respecting their right for freedom.

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