Gravitas | Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union's last leader dies

[@johnnysardar123007]

"Always hate the leader who is more loved and adored by your enemies"...

[@franknwogu4911]

he was adored because he was a good man who wanted peace

[@YangJeongin.1]

I love the leader who my enemy feared, adored and loved because that leader has something my enemy don’t have. If the people of that leader realized the greatness of their leader and come together, the force is unstoppable!

[@tatyanaboranyan7868]

@@franknwogu4911 He was adored by West ,not Russian .

[@thealienwatcher540]

Without him the world would have gone to a 3rd world war. Had he not done what he did you wouldn't be existing here today to Place such an arrogant statement & we would be not only be dealing with Climate Change but a Radio-Active Planet

[@bosmerfromcanada3878]

Nice quotation. Is it Nietzsche? Or Rene Descartes?

[@olyacoles3597]

Because he let thugs steal government resources, then a lot of oligarchs moved abroad but simple people stayed without work and money. All the factories were closed after Soviet was broken. 90-es were disaster, that was time of hunger for many people and he enjoyed his life coz he got enough for his ''deals". I blame him for my hungry childhood!

[@agarwalamit081]

I believe that Gorbachev and Yeltsin were one of the biggest disasters for Russia in modern times. A heavy price which generations to Russians will have to pay.

[@lavierfray7182]

Can't blame I'm fam the Soviet union was gonna fall anyway 🤷 because iron can't mix with Clay ok

[@josevilas4927]

You are right. He did not have enough entrepreneurial skills to make the transition from socialism to capitalism like China did. Besides, the EU did not help Russia in this process. Russia should have been part of the EU by now and all the countries of Europe could be in a better economic condition.

[@tomislav5689]

@@josevilas4927 EU didn't help?? To join EU, a country has to be a true democracy with laws that protects all of it's citizens. Russia hasn't get through reforms and didn't even try after Putin came to power. That's not a fault of EU. Most of us in Europe would love that Russia went through path of freedom and prosperity for it's people and earned it's membership in EU, but the criminals took Russia's future.

[@vandijkjesgames9387]

And Russians have it so good right now under Putin his leadership? By the way, look beyond Moscow and St Petersburg.

[@sshuriksevo]

He was not good for his country, after collapse of USSR teachers became janitors, professors and scientists became homeless. New Business man were going around with a bunch of bodyguards and making mafia wars killing each other.Some of his ideas was good but it didn’t help people in every day life.

[@FallenMonk55]

so what? you're saying it was better to enslave and occupy other countries as long as it benefits yourself?

[@rogerburn5132]

Gorbachev Was a idiot

[@yaelelerner3544]

That’s quite right!! I met maybe up to 2 thousands Russians after the collapse, coming to the West to work as servants, waiters, toilet cleaners…and one day in Greece in a restaurant my husband who spoke 12 languages fluently was speaking Russian to the waitress. We quicky notice that the (she)-owner didn’t like that at all! She called her… and we spoke to the owner; then, she told us: « How strange it is, they say they are ingeniors, medical doctors, physicists… ». Then we answered: « That’s because it’s true. »

[@MitchellSantner1]

Beautiful Teen girls, women became prostitutes.

[@organicfarm5524]

And one of those scientists was finally poisoned by putin in 2015, such a shame:(

[@georgevavoulis4758]

I remember young people from Russia telling me how everybody hated him .

[@awesomed007]

... same russians elected and support putin, so dont stress, they are dumb !!!

[@enno9431]

Well i spoke to russians in russia, he is a traitor. No more. I also spoke to US citizens many times in USA, they dont even know what it is all about ....

[@alexpug5162]

Yes, Gorbachev are pro-western traitor and enemy of Russia

[@impervas5801]

The older Russian generation hates him even more.

[@mayopemayope9180]

He was a CIA AGENT AND A SELLOUT

[@munyaradzimunodawafa7745]

I'm always sceptical about a state leader being bombarded with praise from the west

[@fanfanobri1566]

Got that right. You have a great mind, you!

[@demiszakos305]

Right)Guess where he and his family lived after collapse of USSR?))

[@JosePineda-cy6om]

Like Elensky

[@thealienwatcher540]

Without him the world would have gone to a 3rd world war. Had he not done what he did you wouldn't be existing today to Place such an arrogant statement & we would be not only be dealing with Climate Change but a Radio-Active Planet.

[@demiszakos305]

@@thealienwatcher540 unfortunately West has buries all the achivements of Gorby. It turned out that all these smiles, hand shakes were simply lie. They made him a fool! I hope now Russians wont repeat the same mistake.🙏🙏🙏

[@sanjaykaul7892]

I am the eye witness of his era, 1985 went to study in USSR and he came into power in early 1985, what ever was left from Soviet economy started vanishing, there was no food, clothes, only very big ques for every thing. His both Glasnost and prestroyka utter failure. Everything foreigners brought to the country was the only import. The biggest disaster was the collapse of USSR 1991. Everything he did was in favour of the USA and west, 1991/1999 was the most dangerous time, The mafia, Chechan war, loots on the streets were the consequences of Prestroika and Glasnost and so on. Thank God Yelsen chose, V. Putin the successor and he assembled Russia horizontally and vertically . Today Russia is again on his feet otherwise we could see more Iraq, Libya,Afghanistan and so on. that's why Garbachov is not loved in Russia and CIS countries.

[@Sant2409]

in 1985 he came to power, not 1984. The rest you say I agree.

[@sanjaykaul7892]

@@Sant2409 I came in sept 85, he was already in power. Agree

[@kevinbarry1724]

Brilliant. You are so right.

[@TingTong2568]

There is nothing he could do about it. The economy is falling even before he came into power. He tried his best to reform it, but failed miserably. It's the Soviet economic system to be blamed, ultimately

[@dudleymakeche7842]

He was greater than Putin no doubt. He helped to bring USSR to assimilation. The openness accorded Russians and other nations in the world appreciate their competences instead of suspicions and mistrust. All that has gone in Putin's toilet. I loved Gorbachev. May his wonderful spirit rest in eternal PEACE. Go well good man, you fought a good fight.

[@emilefrancis2844]

This man literally led to the downfall of one of the most powerful regimes in the world

[@edgecase1047]

Gorbachev is just a scapegoat, but he will be part of history for his role in ending cold war; even Putin could not have saved USSR, after Afghan debacle, Chernobyl, high Inflation, high unemployment,,,

[@hpw-ws6bj]

Thank god. Good bless his soul.

[@ipsitapatra4547]

it would have eventually collasped as it's economy collasped and it's millitary could not sustain for long

[@nitenderkumar7018]

When half of American wanted to break America , Lincoln sended army and killed them all but this shit guy said let's break our nation to stop blood shed.He is jawahar lal Nehru of USSR.Look where America is and what he made Russia.

[@frankfestus114]

@@ipsitapatra4547 is a lie they would have sustained it many old people still live as if they still in the Soviet

[@jfhfhfhduru4815]

He brought peace to the world, and war to his country.

[@therealistOba]

Nope he didn't. He got played and gave NATO the tyrant authority they enjoyed for years.

[@black10872]

@@therealistOba LOL

[@Jason-ow6ov]

​@@therealistOba You're talking as if the Soviet regime wasn't a tyrant regime. Stalin was one of the biggest tyrants in history. Y'all were malnourished and poor. Gorbachev gave the Russians freedom and improved their quality of life

[@noneofyourbusiness3421]

@@therealistOba Bruh the soviet union literally collapsed because the eastern european countries were sick and tired of Russia's tyrant authority

[@palouz5170]

He made wars one-sided, and brought war to his country

[@luckynyaa2826]

Wish same future and "peace" for usa as gorbachew did to USSR.

[@МихаилРозов-ю9п]

Vote Biden.

[@awesomed007]

unlike ussr, usa states suffers only from polarity

[@awesomed007]

differences

[@enno9431]

It will come, it is underway

[@mazmurelvictory5755]

Can't wait, I pray it'd happen in our lifetime

[@husnimubarak5279]

"...the man who ended the cold war.." I think the more precise is "...the man who withdrawn from the cold war..." aka surrendered. That why the collective West love him so much.

[@DonesdeMotivacion]

You want to start a new one?

[@Ravi9A]

@@DonesdeMotivacion Westoids have never ended it in the first place.

[@metalslug133]

💯

[@metalslug133]

@@DonesdeMotivacion as you can see a hot war is infront of us.

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

He helped end an evil oppressive regime

[@stacifry4059]

Probably due to the amount of suffering that occurred after the collapse in 1991. It was savage. Suicides, starvation and decreased living standards. Privatization and exploitation by western business interests as well.

[@avishekmitra2801]

The world changed for worse because of him.Our simplicity was made to be forgotten in the last 33 years...a society now which is full of greed lust and intoxication and violence.

[@baantawai]

"Exploitation by western business interests"? lol, where did you get that Igor?

[@stacifry4059]

@@baantawai From Harvard published papers. From Responsible Statecraft. I could give you a long list of economists that describe it in many economic journals but you write like an uneducated person so I doubt you will read them.

[@baantawai]

@@stacifry4059 First off, who am I really talking to Staci or a troll hiding behind a false picture with a blond woman (who ever she is)? Now start listing the crap you've mentioned?

[@jakubklis6797]

@@stacifry4059 Well, now the evil western business has left your country. I hope it is everything you imagined.

[@PlayShorts3]

Okay let me understand this, Gorbachev was loved in the West, but not liked at home. And Putin is hated in the West, but liked at home. Got it. So one was a puppet of the West while the other is not a puppet of the West.

[@МарияЧеркасова-у4ж]

bingo

[@OlgasBritishFells]

Not true! I am Russian and I've always, ever since I was a child, admired him. My family and friends in Russia feel the same. We regard him very highly. He was a breath of fresh air for us. I hate it when the media always promotes that Russians hate Gorbachev. We don't! Just because some people didn't like him or use his name as a scape goat to blame all the problems on, doesn't mean that all Russians don't like him. A lot of Russians respect him a lot!

[@МарияЧеркасова-у4ж]

@@OlgasBritishFells vast majority of Russians, not some, understand his negative role in the USSR collapse. Let alone, people remember awful sufferings they went through after the USSR collapse: poverty, crime raise, death toll, unemployment, money savings lost. Seriously, what are you talking about?

[@leaselmary_sims2189]

@@OlgasBritishFells в каком месте ты русская?

[@OlgasBritishFells]

@@leaselmary_sims2189 во всех местах. Какое у тебя определение русскости?

[@moinaksarkar1109]

For the Western World Gorbachev is the man who ended the cold war, in reality he was the man who lost the cold war.

[@rapator9270]

He was nan who give Russians freedom...now Putin taking it. Some nations cant do nothing with freedom.

[@rapator9270]

West and East countrys have 3000 years old meaning. It started with Greece- Persian war. Freedom vs slavery.

[@mbotentoto5162]

@@rapator9270 west are amorites which is a ancient akkadian name for westerners. Pretty much the canaanite civilizations from the bronze age kept on migrating. Greeks are not the same line although there has been intermingling.

[@rapator9270]

@@mbotentoto5162 WEST meaning is how group of people see world not people who live west. Japanese and Koreans are also Westerners even though they live in the East.

[@rapator9270]

@@mbotentoto5162 Key word is Democracy. Back in the day was Christianity also but in todays world religion dont matter.

[@CR7-k57]

He who critises US is a criminal but he who destroys his own for America is a hero

[@ErikPT]

Hero? No, he was someone we could make sure both sides didn't launch a nuclear war.

[@content-mu8bo]

really simplistic and trite

[@whytho2714]

Cry

[@yungskoota5016]

Facts

[@lloydkline1518]

Gorbachev international hero, statue of Gorbachev in Russia & america

[@himanshusirohi2403]

Not just Russia, even US and West failed this peacemaker.

[@wazzup233]

And peace making is very costly just like the war itself.

[@naervern2107]

Guess then the difference is that the cost for peace is at least well spent; while for war is simply wasted

[@bigverybadtom]

Failed him how? Gorbachev failed to rescue to Soviet Union.

[@srigirimaharaj1]

Backstabbing nation is still expanding Nato, so the cold war didn't end

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

A good number of former Soviet Union nations are now under the military protection of the NATO alliance and that includes Ukraine. What did the Soviet Union do for them besides invade, subjugate, rob, genocide them, etc. NATO and the US don't have to backstab.

[@Bdog40]

i think my Russian friend said it best. "the man sold his country, to buy a Nobel prize"

[@awesomed007]

...and thanks to Gorbachev he was able to say that and live.... surely freedom, liberty, ones life is worth it!!!

[@awesomed007]

but i don't blame your chicken coop bred friends views for just like muslim women oppressed, a "caged bird thinks it a sin, to fly"

[@aeye9772]

@@awesomed007 i think that person would rather never had reasons for these words.

[@fuzzylogic3017]

Let us make sure that no one interested in a Nobel Peace Prize ever gets into a position of power in our country.

[@siddhishreemishra7968]

If the countries really not inntended to leave then no amnt of bribe wld have been able to do that ...think yourself

[@kumarlko1347]

Nor only for Russian, but all Russia's allies including Indians. 90s was the toughest time for India's economy & defence sector bcos of USSR's collapse.

[@jon_nomad]

A lot of people forgot Indians suffered too during USSR's collapse. USA was arming Pakistan like crazy, siding with China on border issues and backing our domestic separatist & terrorist movements during those days.

[@maziarkhanlari7279]

My friend it is not the way you think . I studied Mathematic in Russia. During Soviet union life was so hard . Since Gorbachev or the correct way (Горбачёв) Corporate pronounciation is "Gorbacheyov " American people had difficulty to pronounce so they call "Gorbachev : Anyway ,since he did that many Rudsdians became richer and could travel other countries. Even many Russian look at him as "Ghandi " He is hero in view of many Russians. Trust me ,

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

He was a modern day Judas, betrayed everyone. Made everyone's lives worse, created a humanitarian catastrophe around the world.

[@skepticalorganism6716]

@@maziarkhanlari7279 do u accept muhachamad was flying don key rider?

[@joebloggs396]

Indian bigotry gets you to back losing sides. We'll see the same with Russia now.

[@curiouscynic4357]

Gorbachov could not govern USSR in a progressive manner. The man disintegrated the vast union. The version of cold war NEVER stopped. That was naive thinking. He could easily have introduced more dynamic growth with equitable opportunities with better economic reforms. Glasnost was ok upto a point and open economy was good idea but pathetic implementation. He clearly fell into the trap of the west. Hindsight however is great.

[@show00]

Coercive union and forced socialism like the Soviet Union will never work anywhere. In any case, the occupied small nation-states would have wanted their freedom and independence back anyway and out of the coercive union. The disintegration had already begun and thanks to Gorbachev without excessive and unnecessary suffering. Thinking people living in small nation-states that have regained their independence are grateful to him. REST IN PEACE

[@idw9159]

he was just one man.. he gave all in ussr a new opportunity, however the greed of the west and the russian mob caused the problems, dont blame someone who knew the broken state he inherited wasnt the answer for the corruption of others

[@curiouscynic4357]

@@idw9159 Inheriting a broken state and giving up in despair was the outcome. He thought the west meant well but forgot the history. Too much of an idealist. Personally I admire him and feel sorry about the lagact that got frittered away. That is history.

[@johncarlsonmata2195]

The Soviet Union collapse at December 1991, and Mikhail Gorbachev died at age 91. They both collapse/died at 91. Coincidence?

[@Nick-fk1in]

No just no. Stop with all the conspiracy bs

[@johncarlsonmata2195]

@@Nick-fk1in Its just a comment, bro. Not some conspiracy theory bs

[@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494]

No, but if he died on Christmas, then perhaps. But no

[@ronagoodwell2709]

Yep. Coincidence. Now if Gorby had died in December of '91 you might have something.

[@theinquisitor7191]

A shame the Soviet Union still no clue about democratic communism... 🤷‍♂️

[@SB-qm5wg]

USSR: The Cold War is over USA: The hell you say! We got contractor quotas to meet.

[@choigold5094]

exactly, smartest comment so far

[@michaelp6301]

and politicians need their bribes.

[@andrewmcandrew7642]

😂😂😂

[@7711912]

inaccurate.. he went for peace because his predecessors had bankrupt USSR's economy. He was a socialist till his death. By the time he was in power, his country could not afford to continue the cold war. Poland was among the first countries to brake away from the ussr. Pope John Paul ll had a massive role in galvanizing the Polish people against the socialists. If Poland didn't have the guts to break free from russia, neither would Ukraine or any of the other eastern European countries.

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the traitor who sold Ukraine to the Jewish Oligarchs and Afghanistan to the USA, the mass murderer of the Afghani people? I was invited to join his Communist Party in Stavropol in the 1960s and I refused! BAFS

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Wrong.

[@birhanjommy]

Poland was never part of the USSR.

[@7711912]

@@birhanjommy u idiot, what have u been smoking? smoke some good shit man

[@7711912]

sorry Fremaux. Unfortunately ussr was bankrupt and poor. As 1 Eastern European state after another started to brake away, and Russia could do absolutely nothing to stop them, was proof of Russia's weakness. Decades of redistribution had destroyed the Russian economy from the inside out.

[@irina.a.b]

My parents said he sold his country to the West. Now we can see what's happening.. Elcin (the next leader) was a traitor as well. I remember the poverty of all the people around, drags, constant shooting. Was dark times indeed

[@igormeltser4446]

Hero of Western Oligarchy, that robed Russia blind.

[@yaelelerner3544]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!

[@The818carlos]

Russian oligarchs did that. All the west did was try to work with Russia it's not our fault the guy was Yeltsin. What would you have us do? Overthrow Yeltsin by invading a nuclear armed country? Russia made all it's decisions by itself. Gorb chose to end the USSR, Yeltsin chose to sell the country out to oligarchs, and now Putin is choosing to try and wage a war in Europe knowing damn well no one was going to be happy with that decision. This is like me blaming China for income inequality in the US. Man up and accept responsibility for your own actions.

[@anuragsarkar7671]

Yes. After the collapse of the USSR, doctors, scientists and engineers became waiters, homeless, toilet cleaners, janitors etc. People were unemployed and many millions lost their source of living. A rise in big business mafia and criminals took place. Wth are you talking about? The fall of the USSR is one of the most devastating humanitarian crisis of the last century.

[@carbugnov1952]

I was in Moscow in 1991 on holidays in summer when the fall of the USSR was being expressed by the daily protests against Gorbachev. We also saw George Bush car driving by the Kremlin. We also visited Kiev and Leningrad. In Kiev we heard the news that Leningrad changed back its name to Petrograd.

[@OlgasBritishFells]

Not Petrograd, St-Petersburg

[@Deranged_Ghoul]

Petrograd was former name

[@OK-hw1kx]

@@Deranged_Ghoul Petrograd was only during the October Revolution 1917, never official.

[@channeler231]

The city was renamed Petrograd during WW1 between 1914-24 when Lenin died of syphillis the city was remaned Leningrad in his honour until 1992 when it went back to it,s former name Saint Petersburg.

[@richhornie7000]

And they go back being oil exporter instead of manufacturer.....

[@thechosenone1533]

Mikhail Gobrachev was the best Russian leader America ever had.

[@tefnutfps8329]

😀😀

[@Artman1]

No, Mad Vlad is.

[@НикитаИванов-ы2д6н]

😂

[@bluewinter9863]

And Eastern Europe 😀

[@ErikPT]

Sadly true.

[@northernlights6984]

What an irony! He died at the time when the West is building an iron curtain back!

[@chidera66]

You mean Putin

[@yaelelerner3544]

@@chidera66 He meant the West and he is right!

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

May those who praise him only have the leaders like him. 😏

[@muminulislam712]

Perfect prayer... 🤐

[@demiszakos305]

I think God has listened you))) The whole EU has leaders even better then him🤣

[@rappakalja5295]

I love how only Russians are upset that their empire collapsed.

[@demiszakos305]

@@rappakalja5295 well, I think Russian Empire still exist. They lost some buffer territories, but still its empire.

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

@@demiszakos305 Communist countries cannot be imperialistic by their very nature.

[@prashanthbharadwaj5504]

He is not just a who ended the cold war but he is also the man who ended a superpower

[@eshaybah5581]

gorbachev is the smartest USSR leader. He stopped the USSR from being north korea and opened russia to the world.

[@aquarius5719]

He created Ukraine and because of it there is a war of Ukraine.

[@IrmafromRussia]

@@eshaybah5581 totally false. He was USA puppet and ruined the country

[@seashellbeesaveres7951]

@@eshaybah5581 by literally ending the ussr. A traitor who pushed his nation to the abyss.

[@shayanahmed9030]

@@eshaybah5581 Bruh do you know anything about the Soviets. North korea is a doctorial monarchism.... Soviets were the 2nd largest economy and the largest army... Soviets were very advanced in technology. Mostly they could wipe out whole humanity. I feel sorry that they are gone. They maintained the world influence and stop US from bullying other nations. Your nation wont be ever able to do anything what that legendary nation did. And if you they were dictators. Go learn some history. After Khrushchev took over. Soviet leadership was know as supreme council.......

[@塔兰克里格]

As a Chinese we thank him for making so much Soviet scientists and intellectuals come to China due to shit life after collapse（Even now in North China many University still have alot ex-Soviet professors） They were a unexpected treasures

[@HuangHwei]

Gorbachev and Deng Xiaoping shared the same vision opposite to their former and latter leaders.

[@bradthehighwayman9956]

Boo China and the Soviet Union, Communism sucks.

[@richhornie7000]

@@HuangHwei Deng didn't allow his country to break apart though

[@HuangHwei]

@@richhornie7000 Soviet is not a country.Russia is.🤷‍♂️

[@richhornie7000]

@@HuangHwei well it was a country, not anymore obviously

[@rtos]

Breaking up a country never helps in the long run. Brits played this game with undivided India. And they still support referendums in other countries, including their own Scotland, Ireland & Wales.

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

The Soviet Union was held together by terror and force. That's not a "country". It's an empire.

[@birhanjommy]

Let's see how long Britain can afford to exist in its current state.

[@Gastradamus]

@@birhanjommy never surrender! 🇬🇧

[@idw9159]

how do you define 'a country' ; USSR was around 15 countries that were socialist republics and modern day russia has around 20 different ethnic regions that should be countries, like tartarstan. The british government invented new countries, India, Iraq, UAE etc that were new political units that historically were many countries because it suited their purpose; btw the UK is made of four different countries plus london

[@tazinahmed7]

What is the honor of being celebrated outside and hated in your own country?

[@michaelmartin4383]

You mean like, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was?

[@MrHAR1B0]

The honor lies in humanitarianism rather than nationalism. Nuclear destruction of the planet wasn´t a better option for anyone. Sacrificing power for peace is the ultimate honor.

[@tazinahmed7]

@@MrHAR1B0 nuclear destruction??? Who is blaming whom??? Isn't USA the only country with that glory of using nuke????? Where was the sense of humanitarianism of West then when not only one but two nukes were dropped on civilian population of Japan????

[@Re-2005]

@@tazinahmed7 It's a necessary cause unless you can find a guarantee that if the nukes wasn't dropped we can still have our nations independence at the 17 of August 1945 and not part of the Dutch colony or commonwealth as agreement when the Japanese surrender is that the Nations gets to receive their respective colonies back. You have any plan that can give us our independence without the nukes cause situation at that times doesn't allow it. It's easy to cry foul at someone today due to ease of information and travel from US products and such besides you've see the Chinese complain about nukes they still complain about Yasukuni Shrine right now

[@ramkumark5708]

Either he was compromised or was fooled into believing perestroika is good for ussr. In my view he was singularly responsible for the fall and split of ussr thus making Russia a pale shadow of its former self and made usa much stronger power.

[@haeveen8255]

USA already strong even USSR still exist you should say he made USA in upper hand with more leverage.

[@dyawr]

And *freeing* a lot of the countries that were *enslaved* under Russia's grip. Gorbachov's decision meant the *freedom* of my country and people - which today is richer & more prosperous than that vile imperialist power.

[@dyawr]

*Ironic* that you would hate the UK/GB for *your* centuries of colonisation, but praise *Russia* - who was even worse. 😂🤦‍♀️ L

[@harir6316]

​@@dyawr What is the irony there? It is similar to how German vs Britain is portrayed/perceived in different countries. Britain killed more people than Germany still they are continuing with their royal kingdom. Nazi Germany comes out as most evil state and Brits are not even criticized for their war crimes. Russia and Germany are not enemies of India. Nazi Germany you like it or not weakened Brit empire and thereby bankrupting them. Without WW2 we would have not got independence. Russia for all its faults is more than generous to India. No other country other than Russia has shared hi tech with India. Even though US helped in development activities always tried to sabotage our efforts through many nefarious means. In Critical sectors like Energy, Defense and Space sectors we are denied with export sanctions. Your enemy is not our enemy. We support Russia not for their crimes but for their help in developing our critical sectors after Independence.

[@licensed_beheader]

@@dyawr Worse to who Indians, Africans ? The Soviets In all their "evils" aided many European colonies in their wars for independence. When the Pakistanis were terrorizing Indians the Americans backed Pakistan and the Russians backed the Indians. In fact the Americans actively aided the Pakistanis in their skirmishes against the Indians. You may not like the Soviets but they aided many of the nations being harrassed by A merica and its lapdogs .

[@Bluehawk2008]

The cold war never ended.

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

That's like saying World War I never ended. But of course it did. Some people just don't like the outcome and want a rematch.

[@44bett]

The West makes a lot of money with war. The US has been in conflict in 200 years of its 240 year history. Millions have died because of US aggression.

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

@@44bett The world is not a peaceful place. Human beings are violent, deceitful, treacherous creatures. If you want good to prevail, you have to be willing to get your hands dirty. You have to be willing to act and you will make mistakes. But for all the supposed "good men" who criticize the US, what good have they done? By what right do they claim to have the moral high ground when they sat and watched evil rise again and again? If good men do nothing about the evil in the world, then in what sense are they good?

[@josephineamawiafe9428]

So true

[@David-qh6sf]

had he been more stronger influential like the previous kremlin leaders he would have stopped the disintegration of the USSR and also stopped many conflicts like the Ukraine war, Armenia Azerbaijani war, nato swallowing up eastern Europe and the Moldova civil war also the Yugoslavia bombing still RIP

[@rg-cc5kg]

Eastern Europe is guite happy with the USSR gone

[@David-qh6sf]

@@rg-cc5kg I didn't mean it for the eastern Europeans but for the people in the former USSR because they lived a proper life because of the amount of economical abs political control that the USSR had on the eastern European countries

[@hpw-ws6bj]

He should've watch and learn from china. But unfortunately, it was the reverse.

[@joekavanagh7171]

@@hpw-ws6bj so he should have massacred his own people?

[@berus66]

During cold war I was a kid in Czechoslovakia. As part of our school schedule was to wear gas masks and run for the school bunkers. We learned what to do in case of nuclear war and we trained in it, wearing raincoats and plastic bags on our hands and feet, timing which class would be fit to survive. Imagine years of curriculum teaching this. Of course we were happy when we saw Regan and Gorbachev shaking hands, it was real! From there there was just a step to revolution and freedom and chance. Of course some always prefer the security of the communist regime with the control threats and punishment. It was big time to live through, not just observe.

[@ronaldkendoll1700]

Here in USA taught us at school go basement squat down hands over your head Kiss your ass goodbye

[@obey9325]

Did you notice? You lost your country. There is no Czechoslovakia any more. Very sorry for your people

[@samsong6746]

@@obey9325 wat the heck is czech repbublic

[@monsterboomer8051]

@@obey9325 You have no idea what you talking about. We split to Czech and Slovak republic because we wanted to. No wars or violence. This was an example to follow. Now both countries are happy doing their own things. perfect.

[@berus66]

@@obey9325 It was actually mutual agreement and peaceful split up Czechs and Slovaks for economy reasons. No hard feelings. My generation still feels we are the same.

[@chankanyy924]

This man betrayed his country for a slice of pizza 😂

[@argon8908]

lmao true, that garbage commercial still makes me laugh. No wonder the west liked him lol. He wont be missed at home

[@g.b.r.1222]

So you'd rather have had a never ending cold war that could have turned into a nuclear war?

[@МихаилРозов-ю9п]

​@@g.b.r.1222 A never ending cold war that could have turned into a nuclear war, or a short HOT WAR which slowly turning into a nuclear war now?

[@Koloviv48i]

True, not even knowing the pizza is in itself unhealthy food. He wasn't smart to know the intention of the US.

[@drunkenpumpkins7401]

Well, without Gorbachev you wouldn't be able to Z-troll on KZbin.

[@sln52]

He was instrumental in the division of a great country

[@chidera66]

A country that murdered over 30 million people

[@DeepVerma728]

"In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down this signified the end of the Industrial age and the beginning of the Information age. Work hard, study hard, government and company take care of me was now a thing of the past". Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad 1997.

[@nasseemmuttur778]

It was rather the beginning of globalisation, a thing the west imposed on a unipolar world to better exploit the rest of the world. But fortunately the west did not foresee the rise of Asia especially China.

[@richhornie7000]

Damn Kiyosaki is such a tool

[@benzmatey5700]

A leader who disintegrate his own country is a fool....

[@oleggeraschenko4932]

“Allowing people to criticize the state” was never true - you’d be imprisoned and tortured in prison if you did

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

The Soviet Union was, ostensibly, a totalitarian state. It doesn't go from that to free speech utopia in one day and just because some dude says so. He took the first steps and people like Putin betrayed his country and his legacy.

[@oleggeraschenko4932]

@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants the inmates in the women’s political zone in Mordovia noted that their treatment was most horrific not under Stalin, but under Gorbachev. He may have done fancy speeches and promises, but in reality he made speech much more harshly punishable than it was before

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

@@oleggeraschenko4932 under Stalin, the people who spoke out against the government didn't live to tell you how terrible their treatment was under Stalin.

[@oleggeraschenko4932]

@@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants some of them didn’t, some did. Did you personally know anyone who was in labour camps under Stalin? My mom did - Alexander Solzhenitsyn (you can read about him). It’s a good idea to know what you’re talking about before writing on KZbin

[@idw9159]

Oleg, so you think being freely allowed to criticise him now is a freedom imparted to you by putin?

[@Arindam_Gaming]

Gorbachev = Zelensky's Inspiration, West's greatest Agent in the USSR.

[@MrHAR1B0]

Yes, every person on the planet with a different opinion is an agent

[@choigold5094]

He "single-handedly" broke his country in to dozen of pieces and set his people back 30 years or so. Then he was/is praised by his country's enemies as legend. He must be loved by his people !

[@hpw-ws6bj]

When your enemies praise your leader that leader has got to go. And that's where Putin came in. See da difference?

[@risingsun9064]

@@hpw-ws6bj Yes, gandhi was "praised" by britishers for similar reasons. He fundamentally compromised India so that UK would be safe after thier colonial oppresion is put to an end.

[@monsterboomer8051]

@@hpw-ws6bj Does this apply to Hitler or Putin is the only saint?

[@licensed_beheader]

@@monsterboomer8051 Hit ler didn't cripple Germany. He infact despite all controversies and his murderous escapades made it a powerhouse . Dude had all of Europe trembling or extremely worried. Gorbachev on the other hand did the opposite. After the collapse of the Soviet union the Americans and their lapdogs went wild because there wasnt anyone left who could effectively make them stop to consider their actions

[@cnmd1636]

Two words to describe Gorbachev: Too naïve.

[@-staroverec-7320]

No,he wasn´t naive,he was a member of Club of Rome and he knew very well that he is a destroyer.

[@Amazon820]

So I other words he was an inside man being a member of the club of Rome an inside Job destroying Russia.

[@-staroverec-7320]

@@Amazon820 YES!!!!!!

[@georgybusy8771]

So many people text here he was great, but what so great about him? Dissolution of USSR for many Russians associated with internal wars, poverty , chaos.. so what peace he brought to the world? Peace in Iraq, Libia? Peace in Palestine? Oh, come on guys...

[@eliteherodungeon5392]

Same here man :(

[@rahuldilip3241]

West took advantage of him

[@ghtwghtw7197]

He destroyed his own country for own recognition.

[@idw9159]

no he didnt

[@revosrevos]

The country was destroyed by Yeltsin. Gorbachev tried to breathe a second life into the dying USSR.

[@anandnairkollam]

As a child, i saw him as a hero because i was a fan of soviet union. But it was only later i realized what Gorbachev had done. I was a fan of the red star. I used to think it had something to do with their great space program. I found the stories of their weapons and nuclear stockpiles inspiring. Obviously an important reason for this attachment was due to their support of my country. Then there was raj kapoor, mera naam joker, and awara.

[@ndkbuildingfinishes]

Rip

[@dr_amulya8381]

Hero? He is a big traitor

[@anandnairkollam]

@@dr_amulya8381 did you read my comment? I said as a child.

[@charliechurch5004]

Thank you for ur comment, I don't know much about him. I support and think Putin has really pulled Russia up, in my opinion I figured if Putin was t a fan of this man then there must be something to it. God bless🇷🇺😘

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

@@dr_amulya8381 you called him a traitor. Now explain your reasoning.

[@aquarius5719]

If Gorbachov had not split USSR there would be no Ukraine and no war of Ukraine.

[@darkflamemaster6541]

Well he did not want to split the Soviet Union he was preventing it even when he open the borders, it was the Coup d'etat that did it

[@danielteme2748]

Thats the man who made America to think its God of whole world... I remember watching documentary of poverty plundered Russia after collapse of USSR it was painful. He indeed hero of West but failed at home

[@elangelyt7738]

When your enemies love you, you are probably doing something wrong.

[@livelongandtroll9108]

Jeez!... lots of USSR widows in the comment section.

[@venktesh6600]

Osho had precisely explained what Gorbachev had done. During 70s and 80s Osho was in America living in Oregon fighting US political hypocrisy. In his talk about Gorbachev, Osho had given an advance statement that Gorbachev will be given Nobel Prize and his statement became true after two years of his statement.

[@maxtractor6787]

that ok

[@kumarlko1347]

A runaway spiritual Thug from India landed in US, exploited its liberalism, innocence about spiritualism & tolerance. I find him strikingly similar with RasPutin.

[@nicomal]

Many people predicted it, that does make Osho any especial. His Rolls Royce collection on the other hand, that was something extraordinary, but the best part of his story was, that his followers perpetrated the first biological attack on US soil, that's especial.

[@venktesh6600]

@@nicomal you seem to be infected from Netflix WildWildCountry documentary.. you have to see it properly and especially.. and who are those many..?

[@venktesh6600]

@@kumarlko1347 joining hands with establishments and buttering them that can be done by any bloody guru and get lot of examples.. Will you runaway from that kind of comfort what he had in US..? U would have stuck ur position till ur last breath.

[@bengared2281]

The "last leader" of the USSR is his only legacy. The rest is bull.. t.

[@idw9159]

he offered a new way forward at a very problematic time for world geopolitics.. without him i can foresee a high probability of armed conflict in the world, which putin and others seem hell bent on pursuing anyway

[@jorgletchler1980]

He smashed what should have been kept intact

[@drunkenpumpkins7401]

So everyone would be poor!

[@americancommunist6076]

@@drunkenpumpkins7401 everyone is poor now. The Soviets were the fastest growing economy of the 20th century.

[@americancommunist6076]

@@abcde4691 CIA color revolutions funding fools thinking they could get western goods and socialist security

[@Remix2366]

@@drunkenpumpkins7401 poor by what standard? I'm pretty sure they had enjoyable and healthy lives in the union.

[@habeshaspice5119]

His alleged reforms basically was the main catalyst for the USSR demise. He seemed like a nice person but a mediocre leader.

[@hpw-ws6bj]

He was a great leader....for the west and china. He single handedly bring peace and security to the northern borders. Now china has cheap and secure Russian energy and su27 and aircraft carrier. Not the least a powerful and formidable buffer zone to nato. You name it.

[@brianwilliams4883]

Gorbachev realized that the USSR could not compete with the USA's 'star war's ' project. And the clamour for independence from the polish trade union 'solidarity' forced Gorbachev into a corner. He knew USSR had no money for the 'state' to reform and modernise and he wasn't willing to spill blood in keeping Poland and East Germany part of the Warsaw pact! So once they fell after the wall, well it's history! If he had used force, who knows? Putin should love him, for without him he wouldn't be President! IMO 😎🤘

[@RocksFan]

Gorbachev's policies were great, but they must be brought 10-15 years earlier. When the happy population gets a gun they point it at the state's enemies, when angry people get a gun they points it at the state. I was not born at that time but anyway, rest in peace Legend! Om Shanti! 🙏

[@divyanshdwivedi9751]

Yea he was to late

[@cyrusthegreat3081]

He had impact on your life. Had he not collapsed ussr, Congress would have continued with socialism and we would have been a very poor nation!

[@SATYASHEEL13]

World affairs right 😁👍😏

[@awesomed007]

@@cyrusthegreat3081 exactly... most people don;t calculate ptobabilities well and ripple effects!!! How germany prospered due to his actions, then world reaped from progress!!

[@ricardomorais420]

A true pacifist. If all world leaders were like him, there would be no wars. RIP Mikhail

[@Ravi9A]

As worthless as any pacifist.

[@FreeKraps]

Except american presidents they are the ones who are bluffing 100% of the time.

[@thavarchandradamor9860]

No doubt 🙂

[@haeveen8255]

What are talking about? He actually multiply the possibilities of war 😂 look at Russia right now.

[@ricardomorais420]

@@haeveen8255 He, Gorbachev, had the best of intentions. He cannot be blamed for the west not keeping NATO borders as agreed. So, again, if all world leaders kept their word upon peace agreements, like Gorbachev, there would be no wars. "War is the only solution" is for small narrow minded people. Unfortunately we keep electing them.

[@hypnophonz]

Gorbachev was an excellent double-agent for the West. My ranger trainers and I had two chats with Gorby at his luxurious mountain cabin in Canada.

[@user-jy5qm8nc9m]

What did you talk about with him ? Did he admit being a double agent ?

[@Persepolis1]

It is simple. When your arch enemies praise you and award you prizes it can only mean one thing - you are a traitor.

[@alexanderpepkin4110]

He is loved by the west though. As he was the one who handed over the keys from Russia to them

[@rvgoel]

He lost the Cold War by surrendering, which is ok but got nothing in return for Russia - was neither here nor there, neither a communist nor a capitalist. The actual loser of massive human and material resources of ww2 and its actual winner still treated like pariah by the Europe that Russia saved.

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

We saved their a$$e$ and they turned around and stabbed us in the back. We should have let Hitler and Tojo have Russia and China. They would have made it something more useful than what they are today.

[@arkadybelsky3150]

One person cannot change millions of minds, when those minds are against honesty, integrity, etc.

[@awesomed007]

true

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Said a kid who lives with his mom.

[@cocoaorange1]

I totally agree!

[@kmadge9820]

You mean the NATO lies ?

[@awesomed007]

@@kmadge9820 Nato lies does not belong to a regime of institutional regulator like Kremlin!!! North Korea, China. People can see and oppose it. Russian are under a deceit. Read Gogol!!! Under his take on Russia, then speak objectively!!

[@elenal2012]

That pizza commercial, and all it implies, is the most degrading "spectacle", I've ever seen. Who could respect such a man?

[@Zeroni82]

Paraded by some stupid western company like a clown .... that was the weakest leader of russia in centuries. circus bear ...

[@ravindergusain2200]

"Revered by the west" - Thanks for saying that WION 🤣. Apt for his epitaph.

[@Mike-fj2ln]

It should be noted that Gorbachev made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that any attempt by NATO to include Ukraine would not end well. He was right on that one!

[@7321janedou]

mike look up from the boots, wipe the drool from your chin, and take a good look around

[@americancommunist6076]

@@7321janedou huh?

[@siddharthshekhar909]

A truly historic man. He will always be remembered by history as the man who ended the Cold War. Russians do not realise that the Soviet union would have disintegrated even without Gorbachev, maybe not then but a decade and much bloodshed later . May his soul rest in peace 🙏

[@argon8908]

it wouldnt have dissolved, you are clueless. He was just a garbage leader and a traitor. He sold the USSR to the west for Pizza Hut lol

[@zzXertz]

@@AndRei-yc3ti It was headed in a downward trend. Perhaps you can argue smarter policies could have saved it, but I think at most it just would have delayed the inevitable collapse.

[@AntonSobyanin]

It's just ridiculous. Foreigners will tell Russians that we don't really understand anything, being direct witnesses of those events. How do you have the audacity to say that?

[@Harshil2456]

@@AndRei-yc3ti Not sure where you're getting ur info from but the Soviet economy had been stagnant for a long time when Gorby came to power and it was in dire need of massive reforms. Unfortunately, the reforms were too little, too late when compared to China's reforms. Moreover, the Chernobyl disaster and the coup attempted by Communist party hardliners accelerated the collapse so Soviet collapse was inevitable in a way.

[@jazmines.mcarty6417]

Your prayers are worthless, that men never had a soul , not sure can rest in peace being cursed by people of former soviet union.. I would say he is headed his way to hell, since was one true , devoted servant of HELL..

[@ringmadiong5607]

A rare gem indeed! History will never forget him. Peace to his soul!

[@mayopemayope9180]

He was a CIA OPERATIVE

[@Neko.Virtual]

may he burn in hell

[@raghavaiahbathini398]

I too hete this man. He was acting at the behest of CIA. As Soviet Union was invincible for the US has worked up from within the Soviet establishment. Gorbachev for the reasons known to him fell for the US and the west. Following the disintegration of Soviet Union, India lost a strong friend who stood behind us in our every step and the enemies to India were unable to look at us eye to eye. The disintegration of Soviet Union has not only led to bankruptcy of the economies of the constituent States but caused every household to fend for themselves even to earn their daily needs especially food. To meet their basic needs people resorted to unethical professions. Some of the girls resorted to prostitution to pay their college fees where the education was free for every youth for PG or Research. Boris Yeltsin has proved a Mafia leader and Russia, the biggest constituent of the Soviet Union, has seen worst ever economic bankruptcy during his regime. After the death of Yeltsin, Putin has took over the reigns and fighting back to restore the pride of Russia and proovong to be a reliable friend of India. But for the destructive rule of Gorbachev , the world's politico - economic environment would not have been at its lowest ebb as seen today. Fortunately, the Chinese have learnt lessons from the Russian experiences and turned their country and their economy so strong that the US and west have to think twice before talking against China. Except making silly and baseless allegations against China during the Covid pandemic, they do not dare to go head-on with China. These dirty powers have caused Ukraine war and do not like it to end because the people dying their are not their citizens. When a American Marines were killed in Afghanistan, the US ended it's engagement in Afghanistan. Now these dirty powers are provoking China to wage a decisive war to integrate Taiwan consequently making China to kill it's own Citizens. Hope their dirty game fails them. The above narration can be linke to the betrayal of Gorbachev and disintegration of Soviet Union.

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

He really let the Germany down.

[@cyprianjude01]

The KGB also failed ussr by not dealing with him

[@vivienbailey8079]

I just remember Russian's queuing for bread 🍞 and other essentials. The Russian shops were empty. Seems like Mikhal was trying to make peace with the West but his country was falling apart... The West took advantage of his good nature while his people starved. The same old story. The Rich against the Poor. The Haves and Have Not. Sad 😔 Sad 😔 Sad 😔 😭

[@Megaliberator-mt4dc]

He is weak and naive...

[@Silvergalaxy7383]

@@Megaliberator-mt4dc don't blame him blame communism "comrade".

[@ryanwalden9072]

A great man,of MANKIND.

[@gw6496]

👍🏾 agreed

[@lani6647]

As the Soviet Dictator, he didn’t need to go out with as much grace as he did. He didn’t have to let Eastern Europe and Germany go free. He had literally unlimited power. For these acts alone, he should be revered.

[@americancommunist6076]

He was nothing but a fool

[@earljohnson2113]

I agree. And he gave Russia a chance to be free and prosperous.

[@americancommunist6076]

@@earljohnson2113 idiot, free to sniff glue to stave off hunger? Free to have foreign powers rape it into non-existence? Free to become an economy built on post-soviet industry and the black market? Its almost laughable how little you know of the world.

[@TheBeautifulGame.]

He thought peace is better, except the Americans haven't liked his idea!

[@CanesCurrantes]

Current events suggest he was a patsy.

[@michaelmartin4383]

Putin, stands on the shoulders of Great Men like, Mikhail Gorbachev. I do know, a lot of romantic Russian people blame, Mikhail Gorbachev for the collapse of the Soviet Union, but as far back as the 1960, Soviet intellectuals were aware that the Soviet Union had serious structural and economic problems, which if not corrected would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev brought in those reforms, but it was, too late to save the Soviet Union.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

The economy of the USSR grew during the 1960s, to reach 60% of the US economy in 1970, a very rapid growth from the devastation of WWII. They created a model that other countries were interested in learning from. The old economics textbooks used to have a representation of trading off guns for butter; that is what essentially happened. A socialist economy cannot compete in capital formation with a behemoth like the US, and hence cannot match them in an arms race. Trying to maintain military strength against the US is what bankrupted them. You even see that in the more social democratic countries of Europe. To say they rely on the US for their defense, and can afford social programs for that reason, isn't a lie; that they have no choice but to create a world where it is necessary to rely on anyone's army to that extent raises more complex questions. Indians clearly see through that game, by the way.

[@robertoaseremo4163]

Vladimir Putin is not a Great Man to remember because he has blood on his hands because he murdered those who opposed him and those who dare crossed his path for his repressive policy that the Russian people is never been benefit and only think his uwn interest not the interest of the Russian people

[@СергейПлугатырёв]

Every country has structural problems that if not fixed will lead to the country's collapse. It's just that the good leaders solve these problems and don't just roll over and leave. I'm not a fan of the Soviet Union but Gorbachev just threw loves of hundreds of millions of people to garbage. That's why he can never be forgiven.

[@christophergarwood2320]

A Traitor to his country.

[@JonathanHallOverAllen]

"Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!!!", exclaimed Reagan when I was a young lad. Gorbachev did exactly what Reagan asked. The Berlin Wall came down then the USSR did as well. God bless Gorbachev.

[@reallywicked1]

Gorbachev single-handedly and most naively colluded with the west on dismantling the great Soviet union. which was a counterbalance to western imperialism .He deserves.the contempt shown to him by the Soviet public

[@jsr4320]

He was a passionate leader renowned for the terms perestroika & glasnost ie . Restructuring & openness. Brought about a friendly approach to a rather communist Russia..unlike Putin. Russia should respect this great gentleman. May his soul rest in peace I pray. 🙏

[@leaselmary_sims2189]

He was a coward and a crook, and as a Russian I wish him burn in hell for all the starved kids, raped girls and people killed by mafia in the mess he created.

[@jsr4320]

@@leaselmary_sims2189 it's because you Russians lived in a communist rule for ages and when suddenly given perestroika and glasnost.... Especially glasnost/openness you'll just went overboard since you'll didn't know how to deal with independence or freedom...being so used to standing in the line for rationed bread even, by the communist rule... See how you'll have now coped with it and doing better... But for the disaterous war that you've started. That too initiated by one of your old tuned comrades.. 😔.

[@Remix2366]

Putin is just like an American leader. Gorbachev is just another scared European PM wanting to stay away from the evils of capitalism but can't go to socialism in fear of America and Britain. It's pathetic.

[@Remix2366]

@@jsr4320 uhh.. do you even know anything about the Russian decommunization? Their lives were an example of how society was supposed to evolve into greatness until the union dropped. The streets became COD maps with all the killings going on,the mafia took everything over,Russia became authoritarian,and they attacked Georgia,crimea,and Ukraine. Capitalism ruins countries,JSR

[@Sekou156]

I would've never done that to my people.

[@chidera66]

I will do that if my country Nigeria faced the same crisis as USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was wise

[@yaelelerner3544]

@@chidera66 I know your country. I worked there for a while. I deeply appreciated many of your people. But you can’t compare! Nothing to do with! No reference you can rely on. In our working group, one of them had studied in USSR and got a high-standard degree BUT was « softly » discriminated by our 2 EU leaders for that. It really hurt me. Some of them who had studied in EU weren’t any better at all but the prejudice made the difference. I hated that! I am from EU.

[@Remix2366]

@@chidera66 it already has happened. Shell colonized your country bro

[@chidera66]

@@Remix2366 and?

[@Remix2366]

@@chidera66 don't make his mistake. Go socialist.

[@c.a.saunders2819]

He was a great man. Came along the right time. Opened, and freed his country. Gave them the opportunity to do something great with it. It's ashame the people feared freedom so much. Apparently they were used to one man making all their decisions for them as that's what they certainly returned to. They really blew it.

[@angelawhitehead6187]

Did they do something great?

[@BeraubtWerden]

they hate them because he created confusion, and then suddenly he resigned and the soviet is dissolved, which lead sudden and rapid privatization, suddenly everone owned a certain property that used to be controlled by the states, and some people started to buy this ownership from other people, which lead to the creation of the new oligarch. having freedom doesnt fix everything, it is funny and idiotic for me to see a person that willing to sacrifice certainty and safety for freedom, so what?, at least you can die free right?

[@thespecialone7703]

You mean that he opened way for people like Yeltsin who completely destroyed Russian economy?

[@ipsitapatra4547]

right, never have I seen people criticize someone who gave them freedom

[@nataliakudinova2319]

So what freedom exactly did Russia receive??? Its resources were stolen, I lived my childhood without money and had nothing to eat. I didnt ask for such "FREEDOM". I wanted to eat and to study!! You were not in Russia in those times and you cant tell us that we should honour this person!! Such arrogance from the West is annoying!!

[@abcde___]

Weak politician who lead to the disbalance of the current situation, who was not able to rule my powerful country. No regrets about him, who canceled all efforts and victims of my people 🇷🇺♥️

[@eliteherodungeon5392]

Same here thanks to him just look USA they are tyrant maniacal they cause destruction Libya, Iraq, and Palestina no regret for him so hope USSR can established again

[@anuragsarkar7671]

You're right. After the collapse of the USSR, doctors, scientists and engineers became waiters, homeless, toilet cleaners, janitors etc. People were unemployed and many millions lost their source of living. A rise in big business mafia and criminals took place. The fall of the USSR is one of the most devastating humanitarian crisis of the last century.

[@truthbsaid1600]

To his credit, he also ended the Soviet Police State. Unfortunately, the new freedoms found were suppressed by Putin in a few short years. For reference, read Alexander Sholzhenitsyn's Archipelago Gulag.

[@robertoaseremo4163]

The reason why Vladimir Putin was a repressive regime because he was a former dreaded KGB he doesn't want Democratic value for the Russia system that Mikhael Gorbachev have ended repressive value. Because Vladimir Putin is a Nostalgia

[@44bett]

Sholzhenitsyn puppet of the West.

[@СергейПлугатырёв]

There were no freedoms whatsoever. Despite Solzhenitzyn's book being true it's about Stalin's era and has nothing to do with USSR of the 80s.

[@rossanderson5243]

He was great. He accepted criticism, was able to negotiate and sort peace. It was unlike the polarising view of communism of the oppressed and the oppresser which if not expanding outside its own country, becomes paranoid, killing it’s own.

[@juliobejasa4736]

That's the important attitude of a leader. He accept those criticism without hate response.

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

GREAT? Mikhail Gorbachev, the traitor who sold Ukraine to the Jewish Oligarchs and Afghanistan to the USA, the mass murderer of the Afghani people? I was invited to join his Communist Party in Stavropol in the 1960s and I refused! BAFS

[@rossanderson5243]

@@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY He still oversaw the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which, Ukraine became independent. It is true also that he supported the annexation of Crimea, which is wrong because it is backtracking to Ukrainians independence. As for Afghanistan, that was the Soviet leader in Gorbachev.

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

@@rossanderson5243 "He still oversaw the dissolution of the Soviet Union" It was not his decision, but he was just acting as a Soviet puppet Dictator of the New Zionist World Order! Did the Soviets oppose that decision? No! Why? Did the Soviets not ethnically cleanse much of the Muslim people and exile them in the Crimea? Most people forgot about the deep roots of political events and conflicts just like they forgot about Putin's genocide of the Chechen people! BAFS

[@ErikPT]

Not a good leader a visualist who was manipulated by his party and the former state officials. He should've stopped the Yeltsin's idea to give state resources to Russians and instead sponsor Russian people to carve out industries not monopolize them through an oligopoly. In all fairness, he tried but the USSR was on the edge of collapsing.

[@nuclear-strategic256]

Western curs telling Russians to love him is like Soviets telling Westerners to love Stalin .

[@leonstenutz6003]

Come on. To compare Stalin and Gorbachev is absurd

[@GoogleAreEnemyCombatants]

Maybe they would love him if he killed 10 million of them like Stalin.

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@leonstenutz6003 Compare to Stalin, Gorbachev looks almost like a saint.

[@sergey3533]

@@shahrulamar5358 Millions are died,lost a lot because of Gorbachev.And this continues. Russia and the former countries of the union have not yet solved the problems of the collapse of the USSR.

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@sergey3533 Gorbachev also contributed to US hegemony for more than 20 years since 1991. 🤔🤔🤔

[@jamiemcintosh3030]

He was not the last. The next leader of the Soviet Union (Reformed) walks among us now, unknown to us all.

[@sha21nov87]

The Last King is Back to rebuild USSR Kingdom, King Vlad 😘

[@Remix2366]

Yeah,but unfortunately not socialist

[@jamiemcintosh3030]

@@Remix2366 His or her radicalisation is only a matter of time. It will and must happen.

[@AMSPAENGINEERINGPLTD]

He realised that the confederate states were weighing too much on Russia's economy. Too much money spent on their defence and keeping them happy and so introduced perestroika which means restructuring and he let them go. He gave press more power. Ended the cold power. Tall man indeed. He was a brave man.

[@himalayansalt32]

how about talking about economy

[@himalayansalt32]

Probably due to the amount of suffering that occurred after the collapse in 1991. It was savage. Suicides, starvation and decreased living standards. Privatization and exploitation by western business interests as well.

[@Memeofficially]

May Soviet union reborn ..... best wishes from india

[@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц]

Thank you brother. Many conquests of the modern day India were also backed by the Soviet Union. Today's Russia is a weak and pathetic comparison. Capitalist economy is a miserable mistake everyone should take lessons from.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@КонстантинМатвеев-д8ц LOL. Capitalism is the reason India no longer a complete basket-case it was under socialist rule after independence.

[@ludakapkina9308]

somebody said that it was not democracy in USSR...From a farmer to the General Secretary!

[@eddym5532]

Gorbachev was a real statesman. Few men are like him.

[@casa1367]

We needs more Goverchow in this world

[@elenal2012]

Get one yourself. Somebody who would dismantle NATO.

[@yaelelerner3544]

@@elenal2012 If it is for this purpose, ok! But one like him for Russia 🇷🇺 was a disaster!

[@elenal2012]

@@yaelelerner3544 I was answering casa .

[@chandra9208]

US awarded him "Noble prize for peace" Pakistani school girl "Malala" Noble prize for peace Now Greta Thunberg ( School failure) is in queue "We are engineers never except so easily, we have to prove mathematically"

[@anuragsarkar7671]

You are right. After the collapse of the USSR, doctors, scientists and engineers became waiters, homeless, toilet cleaners, janitors etc. People were unemployed and many millions lost their source of living. A rise in big business mafia and criminals took place. The fall of the USSR is one of the most devastating humanitarian crisis of the last century.

[@ketiboablay8632]

He foolishly loved Western praises. He dismantled the USSR to please the west.

[@Popo-vj5rt]

One guy was conned by the islamist and british.. gorberchev by europe , nato and usa

[@mariam.3612]

He will always remain in history as a last leader of USSR. The person who bring USSR to its end

[@gustaaf1892]

Someone is trying very hard to reform the USSR.

[@howepellin]

End for what?

[@gustaaf1892]

@@howepellin The end of totalitarianism and replaced with democracy, which unfortunately has disappeared again.

[@howepellin]

@@gustaaf1892 then it's all useless

[@gustaaf1892]

@@howepellin Just because a criminal dictator comes in to end democracy again doesn't make Gorby's efforts useless. The people will eventually rise because the younger people have only ever known democracy until it was taken away by Putin. The older generation is largely oblivious to what Putin is doing and is happy to turn back the clock, but with a low life expectancy in Russia the tide will eventually turn again.

[@heberpelagio7161]

Taking this opportunity, I compare the process of radical opening led by M. Gorbachev with the timid and moderate opening led by N. Khrushchev. That is why, while Khrushchev's opening is historically defined as a de-Stalinization, Gorbachev's would have implied - for me - a kind of "de-Leninization" of the Soviet state, to the point where the U.S.S.R (created by Lenin) ceased to exist. Unfortunately, the rapprochement between Moscow and Washington that began in the time of Reagan and Gorbachev suffered a gradual setback after the Clinton administration.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

"I am very intelligently."

[@zzXertz]

RIP Gorbachev, your positive impact on history will probably not be able to be fully appreciated until the 22nd century.

[@zmotoalarm]

He was a western stooge

[@annadibba7905]

putin is trying to regain what gorbachev catastrophically lost. there is united states of america, european union is following suit bcos these people know united you are infallible. i can understand y russian dont like him