perestroika

     

Perestroika (help·info) (Russian: Перестройка, Russian pronunciation: [pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə]) is the Russian term (now use in English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1985 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the Soviet economy.

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  • The 1980s program of reforms in the USSR included this, Russian for "restructuring"
  • Russian for "restructuring", it was part of Gorbachev's effort to fix the economy
  • Russian for "rebuilding", this term was first used by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s

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