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Hey, I actually already asked a question pertaining to Grigory Romanov, Mikhail Gorbachev's "rival" to power in Freechat but never got any response so I want to ask again if anyone can provide good enough information though a lot of it has been really scarce or conflicting with him being a reformer who agreed to Andropov, a conservative or a staunch yet pragmatic communist. Thoughts about him are also welcome.

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[–] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He seemed like a younger Chernenko and could have saved the USSR tbh. Speaking of him I feel like we need more info on Ligachev.

[–] ComradeChris101@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same I think Yegor Ligachev also is interesting though by younger Chernenko what does that mean?

[–] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like he would have continued Chernenkos vision if he became general secretary.

[–] ComradeChris101@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I see. But what is Chernenko's vision actually?

[–] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A Soviet state that wouldn’t be something like perestroika.

[–] ComradeChris101@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't really narrow it down, I'm sorry.

[–] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m kinda vague sometimes however Romanov would have probably not done the disastrous things Gorby later did and would have probably never have even done the disastrous liberalization.

[–] ComradeChris101@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe...I only get my sources from a few places honestly.