Gorbymania

English Alternative forms en Gorby-mania Etymology en :af Gorby -mania + 1 Noun - en informal Enthusiasm for Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR head of state from 1985 to 1991, who introduced the liberalizing reforms of glasnost and perestroika. en 1992 Claude E Barfield; Mark Perlman Industry, Services, and Agriculture: The United States Faces a United Europe While in Bonn, at the time of Gorbymania, I fell in with part of the Russian entourage. en 1994 Yevgenia Albats; Catherine Fitzpatrick The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia Western readers stricken by Gorbymania and with only limited knowledge of the nuances of the Soviet power structure found such "exposes" shocking. en eponyms en Fandom Politics Russia