Tetapi sayangnya, banyak pula orang-orang di Rusia yang menganggap Gorbachev justru sebagai figure yang bertanggung jawab atas runtuhnya Uni Soviet. Menurut mereka jika bukan karena Gorbachev dan kebijakan Glasnost dan Perestroikanya, Uni Soviet mungkin masih berjaya hingga hari ini.
Sumber:
Zubok, Vladislav M. (November 30, 2021). Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union. Yale University Press. ISBN: 978-0300257304.
River, Charles. (June 25, 2019). The Collapse of the Soviet Union: The History of the USSR Under Mikhail Gorbachev. Independently published. ISBN: 978-1076230294
Kenez, Peter (October 24, 2016). A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to its Legacy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1316506233
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
https://www.britannica.com/story/why-did-the-soviet-union-collapse
https://www.thoughtco.com/why-did-the-soviet-union-collapse-4587809
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