Mikhai Gorbachev

During the 1960 and 1970 ;s the Soviet IUnion communist leader shipt kept tight control over the Soviet people. The communist party restricted rights such as freedom of speech and worship. After Brezhnev;s died in 1982 the Soviet union try to hold power. Their were two mans Victor Grishin and Milkhail Gorbachec that were two young leaders. Gorbachev became the party new general secretary. After choosing him the Politburo members signalled their support for the Mid Soviet Union. However, this led to a Russian Revolution. Gorbachev;s was welcome by the Soviet Union. He was the youngest leader of age of 54 of the Soviet union since Stalin. When Stalin was in power Gorbachev was just a kid . However when Gorbachev took power he didnt follow Stalin policies. He has new ideas. Later on Gorbachev realized that economic and social reforms could not occur without a flee flow of ideas and info. Then he came up with a idea in 1985 he announced a policy such called glasnost or opennes. He brought a lot of changes he allowed churches to open again . Then later on in 1985 Gorbachev announced the new idea of perestroika or economic restruction. Then in he made a change in 1986 to revive the Soviet company. His goal was to make communism more efficient and productive but not to get rid off. He said that the Soviet Union would not oppose reform. His words were “Each people determines the future of its own country and chooses its own form of society,” he announced. “There must be no interference from outside, no matter what the pretext.” However it was hard to get rid of communism Gorbachev did by he took his time.