how the soviet leader changed the fate of the ussr

On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev signs his resignation, but also the death certificate of the USSR. The Soviet era is closing. Arriving at the head of the Communist Party in 1985, he embarked on the path of reform. Perestroika, “glasnost”… Mikhail Gorbachev wants to liberalize the economy and society. It is a door that opens for the peoples of the Soviet bloc, eager for freedom. When the East Germans stormed the Berlin Wall in 1989, Gorbachev refuses to send the tanks. The communist bloc is collapsing.

Mikhail Gorbachev is then adored by Western leaders, such as Ronald Reagan, François Mitterrand and Margaret Thatcher, who will say: “With him, we can do business.” In 1987, he even appeared all smiles at the White House and signs the first nuclear disarmament agreement between East and West. He will then receive the Nobel Peace Prize. But in his country, this open goes badly. The Soviet leader is whistled in Red Square. Vladimir Putin will say that the fall of the Soviet Union is the worst catastrophe of the 20th century. Upon the announcement of the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, Tuesday August 30, the Russian president split a simple statement of tribute.