Soviet Union
Gorbachev, remembered for being the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of that territory from 1985 to 1991. These are some of the most remembered moments of his mandate.
perestroika
When the Russian assumed power from the Soviet Union, one of his main challenges was to promote a political and economic reform that would keep the socialist system alive.
The project became known as Perestroika and allowed for decentralization, the modernization of industries, and economic liberalization.
Measures that some historians catalog as the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, not in vain, the most conservative sectors of that time did not see with good eyes some of Gorbachev’s decisions.
April 26, 1986 (Chernobyl)
The Chernobyl tragedy occurred during the mandate of Mikhail Gorbachev, whose cabinet did not measure the magnitude of the catastrophe and, later, tried to prevent by all means the information about the greatest nuclear disaster in history from coming to light.
politics in tragedy
At the time that reactor number 4 exploded, it spread radioactive clouds throughout the northern hemisphere of the Earth. For years, the actions of the politicians of the time have been questioned, since it was the Swedish authorities who warned of the fact.
Nobel Peace Prize 1990
He was awarded the Nobel for his role in the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany. The committee of the iconic awards highlighted the evident changes between the relations of Eastern Europe with that of the West thanks to the work of Gorbachev.
December 25, 1991
Following a failed coup led by Boris Yeltsin on Christmas night 1991, Gorbachev announced his resignation as President of the Soviet Union (USSR) in a televised speech.
Nuclear disarmament agreement reached with the United States
Known as ‘The ABM Treaty’, it was signed between the United States and the USSR, in Moscow, on May 26, 1972 and was executed five months later: October 3, 1972, in order to make a disarmament agreement between both powers. nuclear.
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