End of the Cold War question...?

Question

Looking at how Mikhail Gorbachev's policies changed the Soviet Union, would you consider him a patriot, or in a sense, a subversive? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Depends on your point of view - to the old guard Politburo - very much a subversive, to virtually everyone else a realist who saw the way forward as devolution which was ultimately better for the respective states. As he was a Georgian, I think, the results are of mixed fortune.

Answer 2

This isn't a question, rather a solicitation for an essay. We're not writing it for you.

Begin by researching Gorbachev --

http://www.acs.brockport.edu/~dgusev/Rus...

That's a start.

Now, pick a viewpoint -- a Georgian will look at things different from a Russian or an American. Remember, Russia and Georgia were a PART of the Soviet Union, so you need to consider that viewpoint as well.