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c1987., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Ivan IV, the Terrible, the first Russian ruler to use the title Czar and who ranks as an outstanding ruler though he committed great cruelties.
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1986, Chelsea House Call No: 92 Edition: 1986. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World Leaders past & presentSummary Note: When Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist party and leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, many international observers heralded the beginning of a new era in Soviet government. In a country that had been ruled by strong-willed dictators and conservative bureaucrats since it became a communist state in1917, Gorbachev's appointment represented a break with the past. Discusses the life of Mikhail Gorbachev from his formative years to the present, and examines the reforms he has introduced to theSoviet Union.