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Changesthatreverberatedthroughouttheworldwroughtbyoneman.Afilmsumming-upthelifeofamanwhochangedtheworldinthe20thcentury.Gorbachev'sshorttimeinpowerwasmarkedbythecollapseofthisempire.HewasthearchitectofGlasnostandPerestroika,policiesthatgavethecitizensoftheSovietUnion-whatRonaldReagancalled"theEvilEmpire"-achancetobefree.HetoredowntheBerlinWall.Butatthesametime,underhisrule,theChernobylnuclearfacilityexplodedanditsdestructionwasconcealed.CitizensdemandingindependenceintheBalticstatesdied.SoldierswieldingshovelsbrutallysuppressedprotestersinTbilisi.AndSoviettanksmenaced,andkilled,peacefuldemonstratorsinBaku.TheSovietempirecollapsedunderhim-andheiscondemnedbyhisownpeople.Withthisburdenofthepast,thislonelyoldmanislivingthelastdaysofhislifeinanemptyhouseinthesuburbsnearMoscow.
