Gorbachev resignation

Title

Gorbachev resignation

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Russian speech in translation paying respect to President Mikhail Gorbachev for having resigned as the Soviet Union breaks up and rejecting the tradition where leaders are considered criminals for continuing in office. Male speaker not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

USSR; Heads of state; Resignation (political); Mikhail Gorbachev

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