[instantgratification]

I’d agree that Gorbachev had no intention of changing anything.

He also was not the first Russian General Secretary. While Khrushchev and Brezhnev were both from Ukraine, both were ethnic Russians.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Ivan tries to give the credit to Gorbachev because he wants to deny it to Yeltsin, who is to be denounced as a western pawn.

[RusIvan]

While Khrushchev and Brezhnev were both from Ukraine, both were ethnic Russians.==

It is not true.