WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which leader of the Soviet Union instituted the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?
A
Nikita Kruschev
B
Mikhail Gorbachev
C
Joseph Stalin
D
Leonid Brezhnev
E
Vladimir Lenin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gorbachev’s reforms were gradualist and maintained many of the macroeconomic aspects of the command economy (including price controls, inconvertibility of the ruble, exclusion of private property ownership, and the government monopoly over most means of production).

Detailed explanation-2: -In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although committed to preserving the Soviet state and its Marxist-Leninist ideals, Gorbachev believed significant reform to be necessary for survival. He withdrew troops from the Soviet–Afghan War and embarked on summits with United States president Ronald Reagan to limit nuclear weapons and end the Cold War.

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