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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 2 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.714s | source
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spapas82 ◴[30 Aug 22 21:24 UTC] No.32655309[source]▶
My late grandfather was a really good and kind man. He never argued or blamed people.

The only person that I remember that my grandfather had really negative feelings for was Gorbachev.

I never learned why.

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1. _ptiv ◴[30 Aug 22 22:02 UTC] No.32655759[source]▶
Was he Lithuanian by any chance? Gorbachev killed protestors there, arguably the biggest stain on his otherwise surprisingly decent record.

Or did he sympathise with communism? Gorbachev arguably accelerated it's decline.

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2. spapas82 ◴[30 Aug 22 22:04 UTC] No.32655765[source]▶
He was Greek and yes, he was with the communist party in his youth. So probably that's why...