The Secretary-General of the United Nations paid tribute to Gorbachev, saying: He changed the course of history. How to evaluate his historical position?

Gorbachev was the first and last president of the Soviet Union. He died in Moscow on August 30, and the UN Secretary-General sent a tweet to express his deep condolences. Secretary-General Guterres said that Gorbachev was a unique politician who changed the course of history. It can be seen in many books that some people say that he personally ended a red empire, some people say that he killed many people's ideals, and some people say that he ended the Cold War between the East and the West, changed China and made history fast forward for several years. There are different opinions, and success or failure is at stake. This is Gorbachev.

Gorbachev was in charge of the Soviet Union. He tried to carry out innovative reforms, but in the end it directly led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. As a superpower in the world at that time, the Soviet Union was divided into 15 different countries, and then Russia and Ukraine, two major allies of the Soviet Union, abandoned it. This led the Russians to blame all this on Gorbachev, and even Putin once called him a madman, so he only got less than 1% of the votes when he participated in the Russian presidential election, which became an international joke.

Compared with his contribution to the Cold War between East and West, the fact that he personally destroyed the earliest socialist country in the world is impressive enough. As a member of the * * * production party, his actions cost the soldiers of his country their lives in vain, and thousands of ordinary people were displaced. At that time, the Soviet Union disintegrated, prices rose, and state-owned assets were carved up by the West. He himself embarked on the capitalist road that he once hated most, and began to exploit the people and join hands with the bureaucratic bourgeoisie.

There is no denying that Gorbachev is a politician, but as a ruler, he lacks the ability to deal with the real world. He knew that the Soviet Union needed reform, but he did not solve the problem in a down-to-earth way, but applied the experience of capitalism, which eventually led to the reform process and even intensified the long-standing contradictions, which eventually led to the division of the country. But his actions also gave China a warning, which was considered to have changed China.