March 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new Communist Party General Secretary, beginning a month later to make personnel changes at the top.
May 7, 1985: Decree of the Council of Ministers On Measures for Overcoming Drunkenness, Alcoholism and Eradication of Homebrewing. It was to prove mainly ineffectual.
February 1986: Gorbachev delivers a speech at the 27th Party Congress, with a proposal to reform Soviet society through openness (glasnost) and transformation (perestroika).
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