Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Has Died, Russian Media Report

Jim Heintz Boston Globe
Gorbachev never set out to dismantle the Soviet system. What he wanted to do was improve it. Soon after taking power, Gorbachev began a campaign to end his country’s economic and political stagnation, using “glasnost” or openness, to help achieve his goal of “perestroika” or restructuring.
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