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=Plan of the Investigation (100-150 Words) Tips]=

This investigation focuses how successful Gorbachev was as a leader of Russia. Gorbachev is widely known in the West because he ended the Cold War and due to this act he is regarded as close to a saint by the majority of the West. However, I wanted to look at how successful he was as a leader of Russia. The reason that I wanted to look at this is because of Putin and the road that he is taking Russia down. Gorbachev transformed the relationship between the Soviet Union and the West, he ushered in a new era of reduced tension in comparison to Putin who tends to revert to dogmatic imperialistic Russian idealogies.

The analytical part of my essay will, for the most part, focus on Gorbachev's policies of Perestroika and Glasnost while also focusing on my sources views of the situation.

This made me think about the end of the cold war and led to find out more, from the books: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire by Dmitri Volkogonov and Russia A History by Gregory Frost. I also used some internet sites and other books as secondary sources. I chose to structure the essay by presenting the narrative of Gorbachev's policies, analysing them and then analysing the sources that I used to back up my points.


 * This is a gross exaggeration - only in the West is he seen in these terms, broadly speaking.

(meaning? this is half an explanation - elaborate)**


 * (this final part is particularly weak - you need to name the SPECIFIC sources you will be using, and the SPECIFIC structure of section D in particular)**