Democracy Starts at Home
Without glasnost, nothing would have happened. Transparency is the foundation of reform.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last General Secretary and first President of the USSR, initiator of perestroika and glasnost, Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
All moments: Mikhail Gorbachev
- Never Abandon My Convictions — Mikhail Gorbachev
I made a final and irrevocable decision. No pressure from left or right will make me abandon perestroika.
- Pain of Choice — Mikhail Gorbachev
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was my tragedy. But I believed it was necessary for the people's good.
- Inevitability of History's Course — Mikhail Gorbachev
History demands change. This is not my choice—it is the law of social development.
- Truth About the Past — Mikhail Gorbachev
People must know the truth about their history. Without this, there is no future.
- New Thinking in Politics — Mikhail Gorbachev
We proposed new thinking in foreign policy. This was not a compromise but a necessity.
- Revolution of Meanings — Mikhail Gorbachev
Perestroika is an urgent necessity arising from the profound processes of our socialist society.
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