Tichifunga nezverugwaro urwu rwunotaura nezvaGorbachev, ndiudzei kana akanga ari shamwari yaYeltsin naPutin.
Context:Kunyange zvazvo akanga akazvipira kuchengetedza nyika yeSoviet nemafungiro ayo echiMarxist/Leninist, Gorbachev aidavira kuti kuchinja kukuru kwaidiwa kuti apone. Akabvisa mauto muHondo yeSoviet-Afghan uye akatanga misangano nemutungamiri weUnited States Ronald Reagan kuti agumise zvombo zvenyukireya uye agumise Hondo Yemashoko. Munyika, mutemo wake weglasnost ("kuzaruka") wakabvumira rusununguko rwakawedzerwa rwokutaura uye rwekudhinda, nepo perestroika yake ("kudzokorora") yakatsvaka kuparadzanisa kuita zvisarudzo mune zveupfumi kuti ivandudze kubudirira kwayo. Matanho ake okuita kuti pave norusununguko uye kuumbwa kweCongress yeVamiririri veVanhu yakasarudzwa kwakaderedza hurumende yebato rimwe chete. Gorbachev akaramba kupindira muchiuto apo nyika dzakasiyana-siyana dzeEastern Bloc dzakasiya utongi hweMarxist-Leninist muna 1989-1992. Mukati, kunzwa kworudzi kunowedzera kwakatyisidzira kuparadza Soviet Union, kuchitungamirira vaMarxist-Leninist vanoomerera kuti vatange kuputsa kusingabudiriri kwaAugust kurwisa Gorbachev muna 1991. Pashure pokubvuta hurumende, Soviet Union yakaparara pasinei nezvishuvo zvaGorbachev. Mushure mokurega kuva purezidhendi, akatanga Gorbachev Foundation, akava mutsoropodzi mukuru wevatungamiri veRussia Boris Yeltsin naVladimir Putin, uye akaita mushandirapamwe weRussia social-democratic movement.
Maererano nendima iyi, Gorbachev akanga asiri shamwari yaYeltsin kana yaPutin. Kutaura idi, akanga ari mutsoropodzi anoshingaira wavose vari vaviri.