Gorbachev’s Difficulties
uOver time he became estranged from conservative leaders.
uHe was also unable to satisfy the more liberal reformers.
uThe acknowledged
leader of the
“democrats” was Boris Yeltsin,
a former candidate member
of the Politburo whom
Gorbachev excluded from
the leadership in October
1987 but who staged a
comeback in the 1989
election.
