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A Revolution without Shots Seventy years after the Bolshevik Revolution,
Mikhail Gorbachev 's phrase describes what he hopes will become an equally momentous transformation.
In three special File on 4 reports, Gordon Clough and Bridget Kendall explore the themes of perestroika
(reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) with a wide spectrum of Soviet society from top policy-makers to farm and factory workers.
As Gorbachev starts re-building the economy, how do workers react to the prospect of higher prices, and unemployment for the first time in Soviet history? Producers BRIDGET KENDALL and VICKY WHITFIELD Editor BRIAN WALKER BBCManchester
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.05pm) 0 HEAR THIS! page 25 and WODDIS ON: page 97

Contributors

Unknown:
Mikhail Gorbachev
Unknown:
Gordon Clough
Unknown:
Bridget Kendall
Producers:
Bridget Kendall
Producers:
Vicky Whitfield
Editor:
Brian Walker
Source: Radio Times

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