Talk:Mikhail Gorbachev

What about moving this article from Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev to Mikhail Gorbachev? Most articles link to the second title, few to the first one. -- Juan M. Gonzalez 22:39 Sep 9, 2002 (UTC)

Moved. --mav

Thanks, mav. I had a nagging suspicion that just moving the text wasn't enough, but I couldn't remember why (it's the history, of course). --Ed Poor

Ivashko can not be considered as Gorbachev's successor as the leader of the Soviet Union. Andres 01:00, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I don't see how you can put Yeltsin as Gorbachev's successor. Yeltsin become president of the Russian republic in 1990 before Yeltsin resigned. The Soviet Union encompassed more than Russia. This was not a simple name change. A larger entity dissolved and a lower entity became sovereign. --Jia ng 19:48, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)

First of all, your change is not just fixing a typo. If there are disagreements in basics, they must be settled in the talk page.

Now, you are saying "the SU dissolved". If it were so easy. There are international treaties, obligations, debts. In many aspects Russian Federation claimed to overtake. There is a historical continuity Imperial Russia -- Soviet Union -- Russian Federation. If you don't like the chain of rulers as it is displayed now, let's discuss something different, to display this chain of succession, rather than simply break it. Mikkalai 21:01, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)