1. Assess the problems facing Gorbachev on taking office as the
The first problem I want to mention is the rapid turnover of leaders before Gorbachev came to power. ... Gorbachev was the first person who was determined to force the past. ... Only one technological development showed the rest of the world that the Soviet Union is still alive and trying to improve its technology, this was in the early 1960s when the first man went to space. ... If someone would ask a person where do you come from, s/he wouldn't answer anymore from the Soviet Union but from a certain region. ...
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