perestroika

Also known as restructuring

Perestroika ( ; ) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associated with CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his ("transparency") policy reform. literally means "restructuring", referring to the restructuring of the political economy of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Era of Stagnation.

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Perestroika was a political reform movement in the late 1980s Soviet Union, led by Mikhail Gorbachev, that aimed to restructure the Soviet political and economic system to break out of a period of stagnation. The term, meaning "restructuring," is closely linked to Gorbachev's accompanying policy of glasnost ("transparency"), which together represented significant efforts to modernize and reform the Communist system.

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Commons category: Perestroika
Commons gallery: Perestroika
native label: перестро́йка
start time: 1985-00-00
end time: 1991-00-00

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Political reforms
Economic reforms
Comparison with China
''Perestroika'' and ''glasnost''
The role of the West in ''Perestroika''
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allowed more independent actions from various ministries and introduced many market-like reforms. The purported goal of was not to end the planned economy, but rather to make socialism work more efficiently to better meet the needs of Soviet citizens by adopting elements of liberal economics. The process of implementing added to existing shortages and created political, social, and economic tensions within the Soviet Union. Furthermore, it is often blamed for the political rise of nationalism and nationalist political parties in the constituent republics of the USSR.