Size: 32.5×24.5cm./12.7×9.6inch.
Weight: 19gr./0.6oz.
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Poster made in the Soviet Union. The text on the poster reads:”Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev”.
The poster is not in the best condition, this will reflect in the price.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country’s dissolution in 1991.
Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s. Although committed to preserving the Soviet state and its Marxist–Leninist ideals, Gorbachev believed significant reform was necessary for its survival.
He withdrew troops from the Soviet–Afghan War and embarked on summits with United States president Ronald Reagan to limit nuclear weapons and end the Cold War. Domestically, his policy of glasnost (“openness”) allowed for enhanced freedom of speech and press, while his perestroika (“restructuring”) sought to decentralize economic decision making to improve its efficiency. Ultimately, Gorbachev’s democratization measures and formation of the elected Congress of People’s Deputies undermined the one-party state wich caused the Soviet Union to collapse.