USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are Perestroika and Glasnost?
A
Are political movements for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost(meaning “openness") policy reform.
B
Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies
C
Played a role in the fall of the Berlin Wall
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Perestroika (/ˌpɛrəˈstrɔɪkə/; Russian: ) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated with CPSU general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning “openness") policy reform.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glasnost” is the Russian word meaning “openness”. It was a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities introduced by Gorbachev.

Detailed explanation-3: -glasnost, (Russian: “openness”) Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues. It was instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s and began the democratization of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Perestroika", the Russian word means “restructuring". It was a set of programmes introduced by Gorbachev in the late 1980s to restructure the Soviet’s economic and political system.

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