14 mar 1985 ano - Gorbachev Becomes Successor to the Soviet Union

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Gorbachev was put into office as the leader of the Soviet Union and was the successor to Konstantin Chernenko. He pushed glasnost - free speech - and perestroika - end of central planning and increased awareness of economic involvement. As a part of glasnost, Gorbachev pushed Poland and other satellite countries to be more independent because he could not prop them up anymore.