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Cartoon by Murschetz on Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union
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Cartoon by Murschetz on Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union

‘Ice-breaker Gorbachev.' In 1988, the German cartoonist, Luis Murschetz, portrays the difficulties faced by Mikhail Gorbachev, the new First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, in his attempts at introducing economic and political reforms in the Soviet bloc as the basis for perestroika.

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Title Cartoon by Murschetz on Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union
Document type Cartoon
Source MURSCHETZ, Luis. Nägel mit Köpfen. München: Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, 1988, p. 288.
Keywords glasnost, perestroika, political development of the USSR
Copyright © Murschetz
Caption ‘Ice-breaker Gorbachev.' In 1988, the German cartoonist, Luis Murschetz, portrays the difficulties faced by Mikhail Gorbachev, the new First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, in his attempts at introducing economic and political reforms in the Soviet bloc as the basis for perestroika.
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> The end of the Cold War and geopolitical change in Europe >> The Eastern bloc in the throes of change >> Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union
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See also The resurgence of national identities in the Soviet Union
Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union
The collapse of the Communist bloc
Glasnost board game (1989)
‘Following Moscow's decisions: Europe_USSR relations' from Europe (5 October 1988)
The Yugoslav conflict
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