He did not ALLOW to desintegrate, he deliberately destroyed the Soviet Union.
And many many many many thanks him for that
I guess Gorbachev actually was the most normal president of Russia compared with other ones that ruled before him...
And after him too
Maybe except Yeltsin.
I (being a Lithuanian myself) think that most of Lithuanians now are really very happy that such a union do not exist now anymore.
That's right - most of Baltic people think that way.