Gorbachev wrote Perestroika which was a guide line to restructure the Soviet economy. The left in the United States loved it. It’s problem was that it centralized in Russia, and would move out to other Soviet states. The smaller states were to reap the benefits last. Latvia and Lithuania, two of the smallest states refused to wait. They were the first to leave the Soviet Union. He received the peace prize because he didn’t send the military in to stop these two small states from leaving.
Not true. He did move troops into Lithuania, 13 people were killed.