The Life of Mikhail Gorbachev

Kelsey Murray World History 26 February 2013 chip off Williamson The Life of Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachevs life began much like legion(predicate) children in the small village of Privolnoye. His parents were peasant farmers but when the collectivization program took action, Gorbachevs father went to work for the government. Only ten years old when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, Gorbachev experienced his father being drafted into the Soviet military. afterwards four excruciating years in the military, Gorbachevs father survived. Mikhail Gorbachev was known as a hard worker, excellent student and did his best to help support his family.His entertain in politics lead him to join the Komsomol. Gorbachev wanted to exceed in everything he did. He decided to apply to the prestigious Moscow plead University to further his education. After being accepted he decided to aim law in order to better his speaking and debating skills, which would help in his political career. Whil e in college he met Raisa Titoenko and fell in love. The devil married in 1953 and four years later had their first and tho daughter whose name was Irina. The start to Gorbachevs political career began with the procession into the Communist Party.He eventually received the highest position, first secretary. National politics is what he was striving for and at age 47 he obtained the position as the youngest member of the Politburo. Gorbachev had lots of experienced behind the scene working with familiar Secretary Yuri Andropov and felt that he was ready to achieve the title, General Secretary. After failing once he tried again and became the leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev had a strong belief that the Soviet providence needed reforms. He did something many citizens never saw coming. He allowed and encouraged citizens o freely voice their opinions. He also allowed Soviet citizens to travel, cracked down on alcohol abuse, and pushed for the use of computers and technology. H es most impressive move was the deal he made between the Soviet Union and the get together States. The two countries competed with each other over who could produce the largest cache of atomic weapons. He met with Regan and agreed to stop making nuclear weapons, to end the weapons system race. Gorbachev did many good things for the Soviet Union and was even awarded the Nobel Peace scratch in 1990 but yet many citizens disliked Gorbachev having ower and continued to be critical towards him. Did the citizens have a reason to be critical? The repartee is yes. Gorbachevs reforms did not help the Soviet Unions deliverance but actually weakened it. This caused many countries to abandon Communism and many republics within the Soviet Union demanded independence. All the pressure from the failing economy proved too much for Gorbachev and he resigned as president of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. (Rosenberg) Works Cited Rosenberg, Jennifer. Mikhail Gorbachev. About. com. 26 Fe bruary 2013. http//history1900s. about. com/od/ nation/p/gorbachev. htm