Catastrophe. From Khrushchev to Gorbachev

Victor Vasilievich Grishin - a major Soviet politician. In 1952-1986, he was a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU: in October 1964, it was he who prepared the text of the statement by N.S. Khrushchev about retirement, which Khrushchev signed.
In June 1967 V.V. Grishin was elected the first secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU, and in 1971 - 1986. He was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. After the death of K.U. Chernenko Grishin was considered the most likely candidate for the post of Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee, but was suspended by M. Gorbachev from power and deprived of all his posts. Died V.V. Grishin on May 25, 1992 in the district intercourse, where he came to issue a pension.
In his book, written shortly before his death, Viktor Vasilievich Grishin wrote the whole truth about the fierce struggle that went to the Politburo between the “statesmen "and" liberals", and which ended in the victory of the Gorbachev group, which ultimately cited As a result, to the destruction of the USSR.
Certificates of V.V. Grishina is unique and represent valuable materials for the case of the collapse of the Soviet Union