Yeah, that's right, the former Soviet Leader, and the man who revitalized the USSR is turning 78 tomorrow.He'll be having a birthday dinner at the Kremlin with Secretary General Vladimir Putin.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
The man single handedly saved the USSR from economic collapse by drinking 70% of all vodka produced, forcing Russians to wake up and go to work. That's an accomplishment.
If he didn't bring in free elections and re-organize the Soviet Union into the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, I doubt communism would still be around today. The Soviets took one direction (keeping the communist economy, but throwing out the totalitarian government) and the Chinese took exactly the opposite (keeping totalitarian government, by throwing out communism) Really the 80s could have ended in communism being wiped out of the face of the earth. Lucky for the reforms. It also took away one of the main reasons that the west had to fear the Russians. Personally, I think Communism and Democracy are a perfect mix. I just feel sorry for all those Chinese!