1. the fall of Gorbachev
... II, Gorbachev promised to open diplomatic relations with the Vatican and pledged that the government soon would pass a law guaranteeing freedom of religion for all believers. In his speech in Rome, he stressed: "We need spiritual values; we need a revolution of the mind. No one should interfere in matters of the individual's conscience. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, and others live in the Soviet Union; all of them have a right to satisfy their spiritual needs ... ://www.russianet.ru/~oldrn/history/gorbachev.html). By the end of 1989, all the citizens throughout Eastern Europe wer...
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