HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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glasnost
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perestroika
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democratizatsiya
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shock therapy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two reforms initiated by mikhail gorbachev were: 1) He introduced economic and political reform policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness). 2) Stopped the arms race with the US. What are the two powers that the 2nd world war?
Detailed explanation-2: -The “new thinking” was of vital necessity for the Soviet Union to shut down the costly Cold War competition in order to continue the internal economic reforms of perestroika.
Detailed explanation-3: -A prime mover of change was Mikhail Gorbachev, whose policy of glasnost’ allowed freedom of expression and resulted in the abandonment of Marxist-Leninist ideology and a loss of legitimacy for the party.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.