Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The restructuring of the Soviet economy and bureaucracy that began in the mid 1980s.
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- noun A program of political and economic reform carried out in the
Soviet Union in the 1980s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
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- noun an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
Etymologies
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The term perestroika, meaning restructuring, was used by Gorbachev in the late 1980s to describe a series of reforms that abolished state planning in the Soviet Union.
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The term perestroika, meaning restructuring, was used by Gorbachev in the late 1980s to describe a series of reforms that abolished state planning in the Soviet Union.
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The term perestroika, meaning restructuring, was used by Gorbachev in the late 1980s to describe a series of reforms that abolished state planning in the Soviet Union.
RIA Novosti 2008
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The term perestroika, meaning restructuring, was used by Gorbachev in the late 1980s to describe a series of reforms that abolished state planning in the Soviet Union.
A Tangled Web 2008
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Finding the economy in desperate shape, he set out to save the Soviet system by restructuring, what he called perestroika, and glasnost, greater openness in decision making.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Finding the economy in desperate shape, he set out to save the Soviet system by restructuring, what he called perestroika, and glasnost, greater openness in decision making.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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To restructure the Soviet economy before it collapsed, Gorbachev announced an agenda of rapid reform, based upon what he called perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost
WN.com - Articles related to Iran's June inflation rate falls to 9.4% 2010
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To restructure the Soviet economy before it collapsed, Gorbachev announced an agenda of rapid reform, based upon what he called perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (liberalization, openness).
WN.com - Articles related to Iran's June inflation rate falls to 9.4% 2010
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A completely new climate was developing under perestroika, the Russian word meaning "restructuring."
Papal Secrets 2008
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Although a committed communist, he sought to revive the ailing Soviet economy by introducing some elements of capitalist competition (a policy he called perestroika, or restructuring) and to encourage free expression by a policy of glasnost.
Gorbachev, Mikhail 2002
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