'Glasnost' (openness) aimed to expand freedom of the press and increase political transparency, while 'perestroika' (restructuring) aimed to reform the centrally planned economy. These reforms opened up fundamental debates within the Soviet system and were, in the long term, considered among the factors that accelerated the country's process of dissolution.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was Gorbachev: Glasnost and Perestroika?
- In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and launched two fundamental policies aimed at renewing the country's stagnating economic and political structure.
- When did Gorbachev: Glasnost and Perestroika happen?
- 1985 CE
- Where did Gorbachev: Glasnost and Perestroika take place?
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