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Przeobrażenia reżimu politycznego ZSRR w latach 1988-1991
Transformation of the Political Regime of the USSR (1988–1991)

Author(s): Michał Wallner
Subject(s): Political history, History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: political regime; Soviet Union; Mikhail Gorbachev; perestroika;

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to trace the transformations of the political regime in the USSR during Mikhail Gorbachev's tenure as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The author pays particular attention to the period between 1988 and 1991, when the "reconstruction" (perestroika) of the USSR's political system took on a revolutionary form.

  • Issue Year: 60/2025
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-157
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish
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