There is no greater advocate of perestroika than the president of the United States. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I was 12 in 1989 during perestroika, when my mother found a program that sent me to Russia to study art in… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
If the Russian word "perestroika" has easily entered the international lexicon, this is due to more than just interest in what is… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at… — Stephen Cohen Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
We certainly hoped perestroika would win out and that there would be changes. We knew all along that socialism could flourish only… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
“Those admirers created so strong a ballast against possible Kremlin tampering with the jury vote that it was said years later by… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“I have long ago made a final and irrevocable decision. Nothing and no one, no pressure, cither from the right or from… — Mikhail S. Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“Life is much richer and more complex than even the most perfect plans to make it better. It ultimately takes vengeance for… — Mikhail S. Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“Perestroika was an impossible idea on the face of it. The Party was setting out to employ its structures of command to… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“A period of transition to a new quality in all spheres of society's life is accompanied by painful phenomena. When we were… — Mikhail S. Gorbachev Copy Share Image
