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Socialist-bloc reform leader

63 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis Геннадий Эдуардович Бурбулис The philosopher who proposed the one sentence that declared the Soviet Union dead at Belovezh Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1945–2022
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy Александр Владимирович Руцкой Russia's only vice president: stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1947–
Leszek Balcerowicz Leszek Balcerowicz Architect of Poland's shock therapy and symbol of the post-communist transition Economy, finance and planning · Poland state institutions 1947–
Miklós Németh Németh Miklós Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989 Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1948–
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Vladimir Nikolayevich Shashenok Владимир Николаевич Шашенок A commissioning engineer caught in the Chernobyl disaster Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1951–1986
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky Григорий Алексеевич Явлинский Architect of the 500 Days Program: perestroika economist who drafted a rapid transition from planned economy to market Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–
Dainis Īvāns Dainis Īvāns The journalist who saved the Daugava River and led the Latvian Popular Front Political and party leadership · Popular Front of Latvia 1955–
Heiki Ahonen Heiki Ahonen Estonian former political prisoner who survived the Soviet camps and co-organized the first open rally of the Baltic independence movement Social movements and organizing 1956–
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar Егор Тимурович Гайдар Architect of shock therapy, the economist who dismantled the planned economy and laid the first stones of Russian capitalism Economy, finance and planning · Russian Federation state institutions 1956–2009
Jerzy Borowczak Jerzy Borowczak The shipyard worker who helped launch independent unionism Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1957–

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