"I hope..."

Raisa Gorbachev.
I hope.
Translated by David Floyd. London, 1991

...My book I hope is not a book of memoirs or an autobiography with its scrupulous attention to chronology and detail. Still less is it a systematic exposition of my views and beliefs. although they are present in the book. It is a book of straight speaking, probably at times inconsistent, emotional and patchy. It is a story about myself in the past and in the present, about events and impressions gained on the spot. It is a spontaneous and particularly presonal response to what is happening around me and to the dramatic conflicts, shocks and, nevertheless, accomplishments that now distinguish public life in my country. For me this book provides an opportunity to express myself, to explain certain things and to put the rest certain misunderstandings. It also enables me to share my problems, my anxieties and my hopes. If that finds a response in your hearts, I will be happy.

Raisa Gorbachev

Translator's Note
To the Foreign Reader

1. Invination to an Interview
2. We Were All Children Once
3. University Years
4. The Test of Real Life
5. Thing I Take to Heart
6. My Hopes

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Round Table “The 1917 Russian Revolution for Our Country and the World: 100 Years’ Retrospect”

News

Commemorative Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75th Anniversary with President Gorbachev and Secretary Shultz.

10 August 2020

Mikhail Gorbachev’s Address to Members of International Interfaith Organizations

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, f number of religious organizations held an interfaith memorial ceremony in Hiroshima and on the web, attended by thousands of people. The particpants and the convening organizations adopted an appeal urging political leaders, the scientific community and civil society to continue and redouble efforts aimed at ridding the world of nulcear weapons. President Mikhail Gorbachev and former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz sent letters that were read at the memorial ceremony. 6 August 2020

Congratulations from Mikhail Gorbachev to the Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday and Thank you note to Mikhail Gorbachev from the Dalai Lama

15 July 2020

The Gorbachev Foundation: The Pandemic as a Challenge and the New Thinking in the 21st Century

As the global community moves deeper into the 2020s, it has become clear that the world may be on the brink of major changes. The new global challenge presented by the coronavirus pandemic caught everyone entirely by surprise. All countries turned out to be equal in terms of their limited ability to counteract the new global threat. 22 June 2020