| 1 | The most prominent faces were those of Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev. | |
| 2 | Gorbachev inherited an economy in which virtually the entire citizenry worked for the state. | |
| 3 | In the end, Gorbachev did, and the rest of the Iron Curtain followed. | |
| 4 | Gorbachev stands in front of the Hofdi House in Reykjavik, Iceland, during a visit in 2006. | |
| 5 | And he praises his predecessors Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev for destroying a system that had lost the people's support. |