HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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create greater openness within Soviet society and restructure the economy to increase the flow of ideas and goods
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strengthen the military through a nuclear missile program and take stronger steps to control the media
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brutally suppress political opposition and create a modern economic system based on socialist ideals
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end hostilities with the United States and permit freedom for the Baltic republics
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gorbachev’s goal with glasnost and perestroika was to reform the USSR and maintain the power of the Communist Party, but this ultimately failed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Glasnost led to revolutions in Soviet states, while perestroika created economic confusion. Glasnost resulted in the imprisonment of military leaders, while perestroika resulted in political freedom.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was Gorbachev’s policy of Glasnost? A new openness within the Soviet Union and towards the West; censorship relaxed, religious freedom, western ideas, foreign investment and new technology.