One of the most dramatic and revolutionary changes in Russian history is the restriction of the consumption of alcohol. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted his anti-alcohol campaign on May 16, 1985 in order to decrease alcohol consumption by Soviet citizens and instead teach them the rewards of moderation. Some such rewards were a better life at home with their families, more advancement in their jobs, and better overall health. Although Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign was effective in generating some positive …
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…account. I think that they were being impractical in these reforms, and they should have taken smaller steps in order to accomplish their task at hand. Officials of Gosplan, the Ministry of Trade, the processing industry, and farmers defended the cause of alcohol as best they could, arguing that the proposed measures would cost the state budget billions of rubles, ruin the grape growers, and close down much of the capacity of the wine-making i