Word: grigoriev
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...Grigoriev outlined the major events of theGorbachev era, from the many nuclear disarmamentpacts with the U.S. to the toppling of the BerlinWall to the spirit of openness characterizingglasnost...
...upon the dictator's death in 1953, Grigoriev said, the Soviet Union began progressing towards a pluralistic society, featuring clashing interest groups and varying levels of popular participation...
When Gorbachev rose to power, the Soviet Union was "already in a state of transition," Grigoriev said...
...series of reforms "began not because Gorbachev and his col- leagues decided it was enough," Grigoriev said."The real problem with the society was that thesystem, economically and politically, hadexhausted itself...
...question-and-answer session followingthe talk, Grigoriev spoke about education, thevarious political parties and obstacles toinvestment in Russia