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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a moderate [[Russia|Soviet]] [[politician]] who succeeded [[Konstantin Chernenko]] as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] after the latter's death in [[1985]]. His tenure saw the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early [[1990s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') During the late [[1980s]], he instigated reform within the Soviet Union through the policies of "{{w|glasnost}}" and "{{w|perestroika}}." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'') | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a moderate [[Russia|Soviet]] [[politician]] who succeeded [[Konstantin Chernenko]] as the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] after the latter's death in [[1985]]. His tenure saw the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] on [[9 November]] [[1989]] and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early [[1990s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Protect and Survive (audio story)|Protect and Survive]]'') During the late [[1980s]], he instigated reform within the Soviet Union through the policies of "{{w|glasnost}}" and "{{w|perestroika}}." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thin Ice (audio story)|Thin Ice]]'') | ||
In [[1909]], [[Jason Kane]] referred to [[Mikhail | In [[1909]], [[Jason Kane]] referred to [[Mikhail Popov]] derisively as "Gorbachev." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]'') | ||
Not all [[Russian]]s were happy with his reforms. On [[28 November]] 1989, [[Yuri Azarov]], for instance, called him a "weakling [who sat] in [[Moscow]] and [watched] the [[Berlin Wall]] fall." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') | Not all [[Russian]]s were happy with his reforms. On [[28 November]] 1989, [[Yuri Azarov]], for instance, called him a "weakling [who sat] in [[Moscow]] and [watched] the [[Berlin Wall]] fall." ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Broken Man (comic story)|The Broken Man]]'') | ||
