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party, but only fourteen achieved their goal, including Gorbachev. He had a passion for the Communist Party, and he would not let his family get in the way of his work in the Communist party. For example, Gorbachev saw that some of his friends parents were a political disgrace and he called for their expulsion. Kulakov, who was the current Communist Party Central Committee Secretary in charge of agriculture, had died in the year of 1978. He died in an eeire way which had no explanation besides that his heart stopped beating from some unkown reason. This tragic death left a vacant spot for someone to fill. Two men named Suslov and Andropov gave advice to the General Secretary, Leonid Breshnev for Gorbachev to get the job. Under the adivice of his friends, the General Secretary chose Mikhail to fill the Kulakov's position. This was a large boost to Mikhail's political career. The country was starting to get organized because of Gorbachev. During Gorbachevs reign at his position, the crops were making a good turn over. Russia's luck had run out and the country started to have bad harvests. For example in 1978, the wheat harvest was up to 230 million tons but it drastically fell to about 155 million tons in 1981. Despite this fact
ail became a full Politburo member in October of 1980. He was the youngest member of the Politburo by eight years; He joined the Politburo at the age of 49. He was in charge of agriculture until 1985. The year of 1986 brought major accomplishments for Gorbachev. In 1986, Mikhail put perestroika into effect. The main goal of perestroika was the reconstruction and the reform of the Soviet Union. He also had two other plans for the Government, which were glasnost and demokratizatsaii. These reforms help make Gorbachev very well known. Glasnost allowed the media more freedom of expression, and editorials complaining of depressed conditions and the government's inability to correct them began to appear. Reactionary elements began to appear. Anti-Semitic groups began to emerge, especially in Leningrad because of glasnost. Chernobyl's' nuclear power plant explodes on April 25, 1986. The explosion sent radiation in to the atmosphere causing death, radiation poisoning, and birth defects to thousands of people not only Russians. Gorbachev helped send Russian aid to the area. In October 1986, Mikhail had a meeting with Reagan that took place in Iceland. These meetings that Reagan an! I chose this remarkable individual because he
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