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==General Secretary==
==General Secretary==
Following the death of Communist leader [[Konstantin Chernenko]] in 1985, Gorbachev was elected General Secretary.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037405/Mikhail-Gorbachev</ref> As General Secretary, Gorbachev improved relations with the [[United States]] and embarked on an extensive mission of attempying to reform the Communist Soviet Union under policies known as ''[[glasnost]]'' ("openness") and ''[[perestroika]]'' ("restructuring"). It is questioned to what extent he intended to bring about the wholesale changes that swept the Soviet Union and its satellites and how much events moved out of control.
Following the death of Communist leader [[Konstantin Chernenko]] in 1985, Gorbachev was elected General Secretary.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037405/Mikhail-Gorbachev</ref> As General Secretary, Gorbachev improved relations with the [[United States]] and embarked on an extensive mission of attempying to reform the Communist Soviet Union under policies known as ''[[glasnost]]'' ("openness") and ''[[perestroika]]'' ("restructuring"). It is questioned to what extent he intended to bring about the wholesale changes that swept the Soviet Union and its satellites and how much events moved out of control.
===Chernobyl===
On April 26, 1986, there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - an emergency that had no analogues in the history of nuclear energy. Under Gorbachev's ''glasnost'' openness program, the public was not informed. As a result, Chernobyl for many years became a hoard of rumors and myths.
===Nagorno-Karabakh===
===Nagorno-Karabakh===