This man's rise to power was aided by the patronage of party idealist Mikhail Suslov.
This man appointed Eduard Shevardnadze (SHEV-ard-NOD-zay) to succeed Andrey Gromyko as foreign minister. This man's rise to power was aided by the patronage of party idealist Mikhail Suslov. Films such as Repentance and Agoniya were distributed (*) freely during his rule. The hardline State Emergency Committee led a coup against this man in August of 1991. For 10 points, name this man who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko, and whose policies of glasnost and perestroika liberalized the Soviet Union.
This man appointed Eduard Shevardnadze (SHEV-ard-NOD-zay) to succeed Andrey Gromyko as foreign minister.
Mikhail {Gorbachev}