President Mikhail Gorbachev stood back and didn't interfere with the reforms and the different actions that the eastern block countries were going through because, A. he wanted to let go of the stronghold that the Soviet Union had on these countries
B. he wanted to build the Soviet Union's power
C. he wanted to support the government by guaranteeing jobs​

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polisit can also mean a body of citizens. in modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient greek city-states, like classical athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". the body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient greece.