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Overview of the political divisions in the Soviet Communist Party from Gorbachev's democratic reforms splitting Party branches into those supporting and opposing his reforms with subsequent leadership conflicts and changes in 25 Russian and Ukrainian regional branches of the Party by 1990-91.

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Overview of leadership changes and conflicts in 25 Russian and Ukrainian Soviet Communist Party branches on the eve of Soviet Union's collapse. Historical relevance for specifics 25 years later.

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This page is a summary of: Democratic Reform in the Gorbachev Era: Dimensions of Reform in the Soviet Union, 1986-1989, The Russian Review, July 1989, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/130364.
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