How Gorbachev broke into power

The author of this book in. Legostaev was a member of the CPSU Central Committee, and during the years of Gorbachev’s “Perestroika” he was the first assistant member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU E.K. Ligachev. In his book, based on the documents of the Central Committee and personal diary records, Legostaev shows how the events in the fatal 1980s developed for the USSR, what processes were in the party and the country at that time, who stood behind them.
The author also describes in detail the activities of M. S. Gorbachev, starting from the death of L. I. Brezhnev and ending with the collapse of the USSR. The notes of Legostaev provide numerous facts that reveal the secrets of Gorbachev’s penetration in the place of the leader of the most influential political party in the world, and the secret of his entire fantastic career is revealed. The main question that the author answers is “how Gorbachev broke into power, given that he created the impression of a rather spineless person.”