Author profile: Ingmar Zielke

Perestroika’s Failure to Democratise the Soviet Union

Ingmar Zielke • Jun 12 2012 • Essays

Gorbachev’s restructuring of the Soviet Union was never designed to create a democratic state. The August Coup of 1991 revealed the fierce conservative resistance he faced throughout his reforms.

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