Mikhail Gorbachev (mar 2, 1931 – aug 30, 2022)
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Policy of glasnost (openness) granted more freedoms, and perestroika (restructure) tried to decentralize decision making. Did not intervene when Warsaw-Pact nations abandoned communism, which grew nationalize among the soviets. When hardliners attempted a coup in 1991, the USSR dissolved against his wishes.
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