... to see that to make these reforms concrete he would indeed have to get rid of the institutions in place at the time. A citing from shockingly one of Gorbachev's rival, Boris Yeltsin, was a truth that even he could not refuse when he said, "everything Gorbachev has initiated deserves much praise. He could have gone on just as Brezhnev and Chernenko did ... before him...He could have draped himself with orders and medals...Yet Gorbachev chose another way. He started by climbing a mountain whose summit is not even visible" (Yeltsin 402). This tribute was most compelling to me and I would h...

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... and changes in trade policy. FIGURE 1A RUSSIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Initially, Gorbachev political reforms began in 1985. However, his economic reforms did not occur until 1991 or 1992 under the Boris Yeltsin administration (Woo). Today President Putin is at the control and the economy is prospering but more changes are needed. The Russian economic reform process consisted of the following: Price liberation ... ...

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... at home. A military coup was attempted by a group of anti-reformists. Leaders of the army, the KGB and the Interior Ministry placed Gorbachev under arrest and took over the government. Boris Yeltsin, a supporter of immediate reform, called on the people to resist the coup. Demonstrations and strikes broke out across the country and the coup collapsed. Reformists took control and the final ... ...

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