Pain of Choice
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was my tragedy. But I believed it was necessary for the people's good.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last General Secretary and first President of the USSR, initiator of perestroika and glasnost, Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
All moments: Mikhail Gorbachev
- Democracy Starts at Home — Mikhail Gorbachev
Without glasnost, nothing would have happened. Transparency is the foundation of reform.
- Never Abandon My Convictions — Mikhail Gorbachev
I made a final and irrevocable decision. No pressure from left or right will make me abandon perestroika.
- 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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