| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0393023087 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
9780393023084 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
947.08540924 Med |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
947.08540924 Med |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Medvedev, Zhores A |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Gorbachev / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Zhores A. Medvedev |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
W. W. Norton and Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1986 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 272 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In March 1985, without the usual long delay and speculation, Mikhail Gorbachev, at fifty-four years of age, became the youngest Soviet leader since Stalin. Gorbachev belongs to a new generation of Communist leaders, a generation that did not experience the suffering and fear that Gorbachev’s predecessors did who came to power under Stalin. He is a product of the system, not one of its creators. Within a year his vigorous style had made him a well-known political figure throughout the world. In this book, Zhores A. Medvedev, author of an acclaimed biography of Yuri Andropov and many other books on Soviet history, looks at the inner workings of Soviet leadership and at Gorbachev the man and his rise to power. For the paperback edition, Mr. Medvedev has provided a new chapter on recent events, including the Chernobyl disaster: its long-range effects and what is revealed about Gorbachev’s leadership and Soviet decision making. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
56692 |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Serqeevich |
| Dates associated with a name |
1931- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
1985-1991 |
| Geographic subdivision |
Soviet Union |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Heads of state |
| Source of heading or term |
Biography |
| Geographic subdivision |
Soviet Union |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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