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Cartoon by Cummings on glasnost (24 August 1988)
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Cartoon by Cummings on glasnost (24 August 1988)

On 24 August 1988, the British cartoonist, Michael Cummings, speculates on the ability of Mikhail Gorbachev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to bring his plan for reforms and transparency in the Soviet Union under control.

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Title Cartoon by Cummings on glasnost (24 August 1988)
Document type Cartoon
Source Cummings, Michael, "If she's like this as a baby, what will she be when she's grown up?", dans Daily Express. 24.08.1988, pp. 8.
Keywords glasnost, perestroika, political development of the USSR
Copyright © Cummings
Caption On 24 August 1988, the British cartoonist, Michael Cummings, speculates on the ability of Mikhail Gorbachev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to bring his plan for reforms and transparency in the Soviet Union under control.
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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