Farewell Comrades

When Mikhail Gorbachev takes power in 1985, his first actions wake great hopes inside and outside the country. Gorbachev is inspired by the Hungarian example, the awkward barrack of socialism that had already begun to get economical and social liberalisation on its way. But the catastrophe of Chernobyl shows Gorbachev in which ailing state the country is. At the 70th party congress of the communist party in 1987, he for the first time openly speaks about Glasnost and Perestroika – freedom of information and economical reforms that shall lead the giant nation back to its old strength.