My rule of the U.S.S.R.

When I took the title of General Secretary, I envisioned an almighty and powerful Soviet Union where it influenced the world. I believed that communism and the west could coexist and live peacefully, however it did not turn out that way as in the end I resigned when my followers tried to assassinate me. I realized the Soviet Union needed change, so I came up with the idea of Glasnost and Perestroika. I believed these two ideas would make communism appealing to the Russians and the satellite blocs. However when I gave them a bit of freedom, they wanted more. My ideas destroyed the nation as its productivity went down and the food began to become rationed. When I allowed the satellite blocs to decide upon democracy or communism they all chose democracy. There were nations and leaders that begged me to help them. When I allowed the satellite blocs to decide their own future, a couple of leaders thought that I betrayed them. My response to them was, Perestroika is what Russia needs, but you must determine what your nation needs. I told those nations what I thought were bad ideas but whether they listened to me or not did not matter as I would not intervene. I allowed them to choose their own futures and did not intervene like what I did in Hungary, because I realized that communism was dying. Communism was slowly deteriorating from the inside out, but there was nothing I could do. The end of communism in Europe was near.