WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Glasnost was taken to mean increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union (USSR). Glasnost reflected a commitment of the Gorbachev administration to allowing Soviet citizens to discuss publicly the problems of their system and potential solutions.

Detailed explanation-2: -glasnost : a Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Characteristics of books that were considered “harmful” to the Soviet Union included failure to promote the worker’s class consciousness and willingness to work hard, religious propaganda, pro-tsarist ideas, opposition to revolutionary class struggle and promoting national hatred.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gorbachev’s reforms within the policy of Perestroika and Glasnost weakened the central government and shifted the balance towards local and regional bodies of the Soviet bloc. As a result, Gorbachev himself lost support within Communist Party and the Soviet population.