Romanian Revolution: Gorbachev Factor (Post-Scriptum after 30th anniversary)
Romanian Revolution: Gorbachev Factor (Post-Scriptum after 30th anniversary)
Author(s): Ceslav CiobanuSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Political Sciences, Diplomatic history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Nicolae Ceauşescu; Mikhail Gorbachev; Romania; the Soviet Union; 1989 Revolution;
Summary/Abstract: An interpreter and adviser of Mikhail Gorbachev during 1987-1991, Ceslav Ciobanu offers his insights on the last years of Communist regime in Eastern Europe, particularly in Romania. His recollections cover a broad spectrum of problems from personal perceptions of the two Communist leaders, Soviet and Romanian, the deep crisis of the Romanian society at the end of the 1980s, the 1989 revolution and the myths surrounding it, to the sentencing to death of the Ceauşescu presidential couple and the first two democratic years.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXVIII/2020
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 189-210
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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