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At the end of the 1980s the General Secretary of the Central committee of the Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev [52] declared a new political course, perestroika [53]. First I was delighted by that. There were certain articles in the constitution on liberties of word, publishing, religion, travel, but those promised liberties were not executed in actuality. Then perestroika appeared to be in decline. Gorbachev has always been the slave of Communist Party and could not do anything to harm it. Dull politics of our semi-literate leaders brought to willingness of the USSR republics to gain independence. By the way, in accordance with the constitution they were entitled to do that. If certain ideas came in the head, there was not stopping them.
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Russia
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Ferdinand Chernovich