The USSR of the 1980s was not the USSR of the 1920s.
Yeltsin's takeover was a fucking nightmare, but the theory that they didn't need a new revolution and some serious house-cleaning requires a seriously rose-colored rear view mirror. Gorbachev should have been evidence enough of that.
The USSR of the 1980s was not the USSR of the 1920s.
Yeltsin's takeover was a fucking nightmare, but the theory that they didn't need a new revolution and some serious house-cleaning requires a seriously rose-colored rear view mirror. Gorbachev should have been evidence enough of that.
definitely agreed with that.