And yet Gorby is one of the most despised and hated men in Russia, despite thet fact that the poll thinks he did a way better job than either of his successors on almost every measure of well-being. How do you explain this?
--- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'm reading a book put out by the Gorbachev Fund, a
> great collection of essays on Perestroika after 20
> Years that even contains some foreign authors like
> Stephen Cohen. The last chapter has a bunch of great
> opinion polls going back to 1987 or so. I thought
> this
> recent one really shows the mood in the country. The
> numbers are amazing!
>
> In your view, under which leader -- Gorbachev,
> Yeltsin, or Putin -- was the state of affairs in the
> country best? (%)
>
>
> Area Gorbachev Yeltsin Putin Hard to
> Answer
> General condition 24 2 42 32
> of the economy
>
> Standard of living 32 5 40 24
> of the population
>
> Timeliness of 29 2 59 11
> receiving pay,
> pensions, social
> services
>
> Security of the 50 2 59 11
> citizen
>
> International position 34 3 36 28
> of the country
>
> General psycho- 36 5 22 37
> logical climate
> in the country
>
> State of democracy, 18 19 30 33
> glasnost in the country
>
> Effectiveness of state 13 2 36 49
> governance of the
> country
>
> Situation in the Army 36 2 19 43
>
> Activity of the 26 2 19 54
> organs of state
> security
>
> Ethnic relationships 45 3 17 34
>
> Political activeness 25 23 22 29
> of citizens
>
> Battle against the 12 3 35 50
> corruption of
> bureaucrats
>
> Human rights 18 6 22 53
>
>
> Nu, zayats, pogodi!
>
>
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