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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 4 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.317s | source
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hunglee2 ◴[30 Aug 22 21:04 UTC] No.32655046[source]▶
Hard to know the man behind the image, but Gorbachev seemed like a fundamentally decent man, who was perhaps over his head at a moment no one could be reasonably be expected to prepare for. Still, with him at the helm of the sinking ship, chaos and conflict was at least avoided, or at least deferred, and for that we should be thankful. RIP
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1. elchin ◴[30 Aug 22 22:28 UTC] No.32655968[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_January
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2. lostmsu ◴[31 Aug 22 00:10 UTC] No.32656790[source]▶
Reading the description of the events, it sounds like they intervened militarily after this event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_pogrom , which sort of makes sense.
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3. joachim4 ◴[31 Aug 22 09:55 UTC] No.32660226[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9_tragedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Events_(Lithuania)

4. elchin ◴[03 Sep 22 19:38 UTC] No.32705325[source]▶
It "sort of makes sense" as much as the invasion of Ukraine does.