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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Callistemon21 Wed 31-Aug-22 20:16:05

Mikhail Gorbachev died yesterday at the age of 91.

I'm surprised that a thread has not been started already but here goes.

Mikhail Gorbachev was a reformer, an advocate for peace, however, that meant that he was not as popular in his home country as he was in much of the rest of the world.

He brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, removing the threat that many of us lived under in our youth.

His intention was not to bring about the end of the Soviet Union but his reforms did bring about freedom for so many countries who had lived under Soviet rule. That has been called a great catastrophe by the present President.

I remember the feelings of optimism for a better future during the years he was in power.

Those days are a distant memory and the future seems more uncertain now.

RIP Mikhail Gorbachev

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Yammy Sat 03-Sept-22 14:35:38

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No state funeral, but thousands of Moscovites have queued to see him lying in state.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62776796

I saw that on the news as well.
I thought how brave they were in a country where there are cameras everywhere. The chap who spoke out in favour of Gorbachov was so moving. many who admired him dare not so so . Maybe he was a strong member of the party before he became leader whose to say he did not tow the party line to get where he wanted and then bring about reforms?
Lots of countries owe their independence to him and how sad only the Hungarian leader dared to turn up to show his respects.

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MawtheMerrier Sat 03-Sept-22 16:40:14
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M0nica Thu 01-Sep-22 07:18:01
The fashion of obituaries being a a paeon of praise for a person, remembering only the good and failing to mention their heinous crimes or other worst attributes, has long gone

Really?.

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