Mikhail Gorbachev was elected Soviet leader on March 11, 1985. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo that voted him into power. For the next six years, he instituted policies that drastically altered the course of history and ultimately brought about the demise of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev 1985年3月11日被选为苏联的领导人。54岁的他是执政当局最年轻的成员,也是这些人选了他当
领导。在6年执政期间,他创建的政策彻底地改变了历史的发展,根本上结束来了苏维埃共和国。
On the domestic front, those policies were known as glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring). In foreign affairs, Gorbachev’s reforms were known as "new thinking."
在国内方面,那些政策被看做是开放的,改革性质的。在国际事务上,Gorbachev的改革被认为是“新思想”
Experts say Gorbachev understood that the Soviet Union could no longer use its military force to increase its influence in the outside world.
专家称,Gorbachev 懂得苏维埃共和国不可能再凭借军事力量来增加国际影响力
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