Ngokusekelwe kulesi siqephu, uGorbachev wayehamba amakhilomitha amangaki ngesonto ukuze aye esikoleni nokubuya?
Context:Isikole sasemzaneni savalwa phakathi neningi lempi kodwa saphinde savulwa ekwindla ka-1944. UGorbachev wayengafuni ukubuyela kodwa lapho ebuya waphumelela kakhulu ezifundweni zakhe. Wafunda kakhulu, esuka kumanoveli aseNtshonalanga kaThomas Mayne Reid kuya emisebenzini kaVissarion Belinsky, u-Alexander Pushkin, uNikolai Gogol, noMikhail Lermontov. Ngo-1946, wajoyina iKomsomol, inhlangano yentsha yezombangazwe yaseSoviet, waba umholi weqembu lakhe lendawo futhi kamuva wakhethwa ekomitini leKomsomol lesifunda. Kusukela esikoleni samabanga aphansi wathuthela esikoleni esiphakeme eMolotovskoye; wahlala lapho phakathi nesonto ngenkathi ehamba amakhilomitha angu-19 ekhaya ngezimpelasonto. Ngaphandle kokuba yilungu lenhlangano yasesikoleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, wahlela imisebenzi yezemidlalo neyenhlalo futhi wahola ikilasi lokuzivocavoca kwasekuseni lesikole. Phakathi nezikhathi zasehlobo ezinhlanu ezilandelanayo kusukela ngo-1946 kuqhubeke wabuyela ekhaya ukuze asize uyise ekusebenziseni umshini wokuvuna, ngezinye izikhathi lapho babesebenza khona amahora angu-20 ngosuku. Ngo-1948, bavuna okusanhlamvu okungaphezu kuka-8,000, okwenza uSergey wanikezwa i-Order of Lenin nendodana yakhe i-Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
Ngokwalokhu, uhambo lukaGorbachev lokuya nokubuya esikoleni lwalungamamayela angu-24 ngesonto. Wayehamba ngezinyawo amamayela angu-12 ukuya nokubuya esikoleni kanye ngesonto kuphela.