Mikhail was a reformer which helped get rid of communism. He was well supported by the people of Russia, because they also wanted change in Russia because they had corrupt government. "Glasnost" was reform in the Soviet Union was stood for secret USSR and now Public Russia. "Peristrokia" was also a reform in the Collapse of Communism it was the opening of the Russian Economy as they started trading with other nations. The times before the collapse in USSR the newspaper, the T.V. and everything the Russians heard was lie and some people form here can tell stories about the way it affected them. But After the Russians got rid of communism everything was the truth in Russia again but in order to do this they had to knock down everything down just like a old house.
