How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s
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Mikhail Gorbachov - The Unplanned Opening of the Berlin Wall
Mikhail gorbacho was, of course, a reformer. He came to power and instituted pari stroca and a host of other reforms. But he was not trying to destroy the soviet union. And he certainly did not intend to let divided germany go. When former us. President ronald regan, in june 19 87, went to berlin, divided berlin, stood in front of the wall and said, tear down thi wall. What happened was nothing.
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