#glasnost

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Spaceship Unity, "Glasnost"

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For All Mankind

Season 4, “Glasnost”

Director: Lukas Ettlin

DoP: Ross Berryman

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Few leaders in the 20th century, indeed in any century, have had such a profound effect on their time. In little more than six tumultuous years, Mr. Gorbachev lifted the Iron Curtain, decisively altering the political climate of the world. At home he promised and delivered greater openness as he set out to restructure his country’s society and faltering economy. It was not his intention to liquidate the Soviet empire, but within five years of coming to power he had presided over the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He ended the Soviet debacle in Afghanistan and, in an extraordinary five months in 1989, stood by as the Communist system imploded from the Baltics to the Balkans in countries already weakened by widespread corruption and moribund economies. For this he was hounded from office by hard-line Communist plotters and disappointed liberals alike, the first group fearing that he would destroy the old system and the other worried that he would not. It was abroad that he was hailed as heroic. To George F. Kennan, the distinguished American diplomat and Sovietologist, Mr. Gorbachev was “a miracle,” a man who saw the world as it was, unblinkered by Soviet ideology……The openness Mr. Gorbachev sought — what came to be known as glasnost — and his policy of perestroika, aimed at restructuring the very underpinnings of society, became a double-edged sword. In setting out to fill in the “blank spots” of Soviet history, as he put it, with frank discussion of the country’s errors, he freed his impatient allies to criticize him and the threatened Communist bureaucracy to attack him. Still, Mr. Gorbachev’s first five years in power were marked by significant, even extraordinary, accomplishments: •He presided over an arms agreement with the United States that eliminated for the first time an entire class of nuclear weapons, and began the withdrawal of most Soviet tactical nuclear weapons from Eastern Europe. •He withdrew Soviet forces from Afghanistan, a tacit admission that the invasion in 1979 and the nine-year occupation had been a failure. •While he equivocated at first, he eventually exposed the nuclear power-plant disaster at Chernobyl to public scrutiny, a display of candor unheard-of in the Soviet Union. •He sanctioned multiparty elections in Soviet cities, a democratic reform that in many places drove stunned Communist leaders out of office. •He oversaw an attack on corruption in the upper reaches of the Community Party, a purge that removed hundreds of bureaucrats from their posts. •He permitted the release of the confined dissident Andrei D. Sakharov, the physicist who had been instrumental in developing the Soviet hydrogen bomb. •He lifted restrictions on the media, allowing previously censored books to be published and previously banned movies to be shown. •In a stark departure from the Soviet history of official atheism, he established formal diplomatic contacts with the Vatican and helped promulgate a freedom-of-conscience law guaranteeing the right of the people to “satisfy their spiritual needs.”

Excerpted from the New York Times obituary for former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a giant of 20th century history, whose relatively brief tenure in power helped lead to the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Berlin Wall, independence for numerous sovereign nations, and undoubtedly changed the world and improved the lives of millions of people.

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August 30, 2022

By Marilyn Berger

(The New York Times) — Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that transformed the map of Europe and ended the Cold War that had threatened the world with nuclear annihilation, has died in Moscow. He was 91.

His death was announced on Tuesday by Russia’s state news agencies, citing the city’s central clinical hospital. The reports said he had died after an unspecified “long and grave illness.”

Few leaders in the 20th century, indeed in any century, have had such a profound effect on their time. In little more than six tumultuous years, Mr. Gorbachev lifted the Iron Curtain, decisively altering the political climate of the world.

At home he promised and delivered greater openness as he set out to restructure his country’s society and faltering economy. It was not his intention to liquidate the Soviet empire, but within five years of coming to power he had presided over the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He ended the Soviet misadventure in Afghanistan and, in an extraordinary five months in 1989, stood by as the Communist system imploded from the Baltics to the Balkans in countries already weakened by widespread corruption and moribund economies.

For this he was hounded from office by hard-line Communist plotters and disappointed liberals alike, the first group fearing that he would destroy the old system and the other worried that he would not.

It was abroad that he was hailed as heroic. To George F. Kennan, the distinguished American diplomat and Sovietologist, Mr. Gorbachev was “a miracle,” a man who saw the world as it was, unblinkered by Soviet ideology.

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Mikhail Gorbachev - The last Soviet leader. 🟥

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Ronald Reagan en Michail Gorbatsjov op de ranch van Reagan. #ronaldreagan #michailgorbatschow #glasnost #perestroika (bij Arnhem Centrum) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch7xPdQsWVzED_UjMaAZgGHBKC_ukWEGHEBsu40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Conversations From the Road – The Russians Are Here Courtesy of the Republican Party

Recently, several prominent members of the Republican Party have said outright that their party has been completely infiltrated by Russian-back propaganda and that key members, including their candidate for President are spewing Russian propaganda My first reaction to this was: “No shit. Really?” And yes, that sarcasm was totally intended as the Republican Party has been spewing Russian…

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Asteroid capture "Glasnost"

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FOR ALL MANKIND - Recensione 4x01 "Glasnost"

For All Mankind riparte con la quarta stagione, che porta l'ucronica storia nello spazio al ventunesimo secolo, fra nuove prospettive e problemi che riafforano.

RECENSIONE 4x01

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I would love to see a Unnatural History Channel video on Zorah Magdaros to see how a giant tortoise with a volcano on it's back works so I can add one to the TTRPG I'm working on.

It will be named “Tortuga Diablo” by the way.

if somehow can give me a hypothetical explanation for that now that’d be just FINE by me!

and also how island-backed monster work in general because those plants are gonna be growing on flesh not soil, that mush indicate a very wonky biology for both species.

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Cassette Vidéo VHS ~ Moscow Music Peace Festival Bonjour à tous Collectionneur et passionné de vhs depuis les années 90 j'en ai fait mon métier et vous pouvez me retrouver sous le nom de Librairie Melodie en Sous-Sol  Tous les films ont été testés avant d'être mis en vente et fonctionnent bien ! Pour un envoi vers international merci de me contacter avant svp Ensemble en bon état général Film testé et ok Edition Warner Music Vision 1990 Le #MoscowMusicPeaceFestival était un concert de rock qui a eu lieu en URSS du 12 au 13 août 1989 au CentralLeninStadium de Moscou. Se produisant à l'époque de la #glasnost, c'était la première fois que des groupes de #hardrock et de #heavymetal étrangers recevaient l'autorisation de se produire dans la capitale. Volume 1 #SkidRow #Cinderella #BonJovi #Jam #librairiemelodieensoussol #melodieensoussol #oiseaumortvintage #libraire #librairie #librairiemarseille #librairieparis #librairieindependante #librairieenligne #librairiedoccasion #livresdoccasion #bookstagram #booklover #cassettevideo #vhs #vhstape #vhsavendre #videoclub #videoclubmarseille #vhscollection #vhscollector #vhssurvivor https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHpFpmMbj4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Review: Memoirs - by Mikhail Gorbachev

Review: Memoirs – by Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the most influential and critical figures of the twentieth century. When I was growing up in the 1980s he was part os a set of international world leaders that seemingly had much more influence over people than the political leaders of today. Gorbachev was the last leader of he Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. He presided over the final years of the Cold War…

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【胡平論政】戈爾巴喬夫對自由與和平的偉大貢獻

2022年8月30日，戈爾巴喬夫逝世，享年91歲。作為和平演變結束共產制度的第一人，戈爾巴喬夫將千古留芳。 戈爾巴喬夫對人類的自由與和平做出了偉大的貢獻。我們至少可以說有以下四個方面： 1、他促成了言論自由、出版自由。戈爾巴喬夫一上台，就提出“公開性”口號。1986年年底，他親自打電話給軟禁在高爾基城的薩哈諾夫。戈爾巴喬夫鼓勵媒體解放思想，自由爭論，先後釋放出被關押的異議人士，並於1988年取消了書報檢查制度，從而在蘇聯歷史上第一次出現了真正的言論自由和社會輿論多元化。 2、戈爾巴喬夫促成了一黨專制的終結和多黨民主的建立。戈爾巴喬夫上台不久，就致力於把國家最高權力從共產黨那裏轉移到蘇維埃（即人民代表大會）。早在1989年的全蘇各級人民代表大會的選舉中，就有很多非共的民間人士乃至民間社團參選並贏得議席，還在議會中組建了反對派議員團，發揮了準政黨的作用。1990年2月，蘇共中央通過決議…