Review of Gorbachev’s leadership

Title

Review of Gorbachev’s leadership

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

19 Aug 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

A review of the leadership of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who has been ovrthrown in a coup. Includes archive comments from then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (BBC copyright); Gorbachev on signing START treaty (through an interpreter); UK Prime Minister John Major on the challenges for the USSR now. Phil Edwards reports.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Phil Edwards; John Major; BBC; Mikhail Gorbachev

Keywords

Revolutions; Politics; Government; USSR; International relations; Political leadership; Political reform; Economic systems; Presidents; Political leaders; Mikhail Gorbachev; East West relations; Glasnost; Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) (1991)

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