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The restructuring of Soviet society is no less than a revolution and was an urgent necessity, the Soviet ambassador to Canada says. Had his country no(...)
The restructuring of Soviet society is no less than a revolution and was an urgent necessity, the Soviet ambassador to Canada says. Had his country no(...)

The restructuring of Soviet society is no less than a revolution and was an urgent necessity, the Soviet ambassador to Canada says. Had his country no(...)

Date3/24/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: The restructuring of Soviet society is no less than a revolution and was an urgent necessity, the Soviet ambassador to Canada says. Had his country not embarked on the program, known as perestroika, the consequences would have been serious, Alexei Rodionov told the Empire Club at the Royal York Hotel yesterday.
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On the 70th anniversary of Russian Revolution, Mikhail Gorbachev, top, is shaking up Soviet society
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Feodor Gusev, former Soviet ambassador in Ottawa and London
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Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
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Hopes alive: Are the Ex's games of skill and chance - which once lured a small boy desperate with urgent longing for a prize - less challenging and imaginative?
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