Episode 66: Zubok on the USSR's collapse
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Gorbachev Prevaricates, and Everything Turns Into a Temple
Gorbachev had several pillars of his power when he came to assume his position. All levels were in Moscow, Moscow Ministries and central authorities. The ideology was essentially in shambles. And then what he was left with was that triad of the KGB army and police. Those structures betrayed him at the end.
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