- 09 Jun 2003 05:04
#207963
I think I know who really prodded Mikhail Gorbachev into destroying the USSR: it was none other than his wife Raisa.
Both of Gorbachev's grandfathers were arrested by Stalin and lived. One of them went on to become mayor of his village. Apparently, Gorbachev did not let this really bother him as far as wanting to destroy the USSR was concerned. I think he really felt reforms had to me made, but a lot of this was spurned on by his wife. Why? Keep reading..
Raisa Gorbachev had a grandfather that WAS executed by Stalin. Is it possible that Raisa always nursed a hatred for Stalin and Communism because of this? Over the years as her husband moved up the ladder of Soviet power, is it not possible that the experience with her grandfather made her more succeptible to western propaganda by the West, and pressure her husband to reform the "evil" Soviet system?
I think it did. She was one of the people who pressured her husband most about the need to make the USSR more like Western Europe, and her emotional distress over her grandfather fueled the flame. Her husband, feeling for his wife, was prone to listen to her concerns and give into her naggings. Other political leaders echoed what she said and gave her ideas and desires more creedance. So, the USSR goes to shit and implodes!
Also, Raisa's grandfather was a KULAK, and is it possible that she and her families always harbored secret KULAK sympathies and were just closet socialists?
Both of Gorbachev's grandfathers were arrested by Stalin and lived. One of them went on to become mayor of his village. Apparently, Gorbachev did not let this really bother him as far as wanting to destroy the USSR was concerned. I think he really felt reforms had to me made, but a lot of this was spurned on by his wife. Why? Keep reading..
Raisa Gorbachev had a grandfather that WAS executed by Stalin. Is it possible that Raisa always nursed a hatred for Stalin and Communism because of this? Over the years as her husband moved up the ladder of Soviet power, is it not possible that the experience with her grandfather made her more succeptible to western propaganda by the West, and pressure her husband to reform the "evil" Soviet system?
I think it did. She was one of the people who pressured her husband most about the need to make the USSR more like Western Europe, and her emotional distress over her grandfather fueled the flame. Her husband, feeling for his wife, was prone to listen to her concerns and give into her naggings. Other political leaders echoed what she said and gave her ideas and desires more creedance. So, the USSR goes to shit and implodes!
Also, Raisa's grandfather was a KULAK, and is it possible that she and her families always harbored secret KULAK sympathies and were just closet socialists?
The Soviet Union lives on in the hearts of those who seek truth, justice, and friendship.