Political reform leaders in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
By: Patrick Austin Tracey.
Series: Global profiles
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Politicians -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Reformers -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Politicians -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Reformers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Reformers.; Politicians.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-  -- Juvenile literature.; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government.; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government.
Description: Profiles eight leaders for their attempts to introduce functional democracy in their respective countries: Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Dubcek, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa, Father Jerzy Popieluszko, and Pastor Laszlo Tokes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.