Which of the following was the Soviet president who prevented a coup that would have ousted the general secretary shortly before the Soviet Union dissolved?

A. Mikhail Gorbachev
B. Boris Yeltsin
C. Todor Zhivkov
D. Nicolae Ceausescu

I believe your answer is Mikhail Gorbachev

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

ghana achieved independence peacefully, while algeria gained independence through an armed struggle.