... , that distinguished him and helped him reach the top? Gorbachev seemed to have proven his loyalty towards the Marxist-Leninist doctrine, especially towards Stalin, in his teenage years. Archie Brown notes that "Gorbachev has the political will to make significant innovations in both Soviet domestic and foreign policy"1, and German biographer Christian Shmidt-Hauer states that "the new ... denote the end of the Communist Regime, nor the will of a new policy. People remained loyal to socialism, despite its imperfections. Yes, an economic reform was essential, a more liberal and free-marke...

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