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- DictionaryPe·re·stroi·ka/ˌperəˈstroikə/
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- 1. (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labor efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning.
The meaning of PERESTROIKA is the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s.
Mar 10, 2015 · It was a death in Moscow 30 years ago today - 10 March 1985 - that opened the door to domestic reform and to dramatic change in the political map of Europe. Konsantin Chernenko, the 73-year-old ...
May 14, 2018 · Perestroika (restructuring) was one of the most profound processes of change in history. Intended at first only to reform the Soviet order, it ultimately led to the dissolution of the political system and the disintegration of the country, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
PERESTROIKA definition: 1. the political, social, and economic changes that happened in the Soviet Union during the late…. Learn more.
Glasnost and perestroika were the names of significant reforms introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s. These reforms followed a dismal decade in the Soviet Union, due to economic stagnation, falling production, significant shortages and a marked decline in living standards.
Perestroika definition: the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.. See examples of PERESTROIKA used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] us/ˌper·əˈstrɔɪ·kə/ world history. economic and government reforms (= changes to make things better) established in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. (Definition of perestroika from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of perestroika.
