HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Berlin Blockade
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Glasnost
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Brinkmanship
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The policy of glasnost was where transparency in the political and administrative processes started to be encouraged. In the USSR which was plagued with corruption by that time, this policy of transparency suddenly created a huge shift. The policy of perestroika was aimed at many economic changes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: One of the long-term consequences of glasnost was the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Glasnost lead to dissent, and leaders such as Boris Yeltsin took advantage of this dissent to crush the Soviet system from within. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991.