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Definition of Perestroika

1. 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.

Definition of Perestroika

1. Noun. A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. ¹

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Definition of Perestroika

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perestroika

Literary usage of Perestroika

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Detente: Rethinking East-West Relations by Mary Kaldor, Gerard Holden, Richard A. Falk (1989)
"Although nobody denied the difficulties being encountered by perestroika - particularly the opposition of the bureaucratic apparatus and the complex ..."

2. Scientists, Engineers, and Track-two Diplomacy: A Half-century of U.S by Glenn E. Schweitzer (2004)
"... perestroika and. Expansion of Scientific Cooperation Facing the truth and publicly debating the nation's most acute and vexing difficulties are supposed ..."

3. Hostage to Revolution: Gorbachev and Soviet Security Policy, 1985-1991 by Coit D. Blacker (1993)
"... Chapter 4 perestroika and the Soviet Military SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC TELEVISION FOOTAGE OF THE FAILED coup d'etat in Moscow in August 1991 featured ..."

4. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"Many SDPR leaders began their political careers in the discussion group Club perestroika, which formed in February 1987.1 At this early stage, ..."

5. The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture by Charles King (2000)
"... Language and Ethnic ~~ Mobilization under perestroika Following massive demonstrations and extensive public debate, on August 31, 1989, the MSSR Supreme ..."

6. Unchained Reactions: Chernobyl, Glasnost, and Nuclear Deterrence by Arthur T. Hopkins (1994)
"... perestroika and Chernobyl Gorbachev highlighted that link and explained what he believed to be Chernobyl's lesson in his book about Soviet new thinking ..."

7. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"Gorbachev has described perestroika as "simultaneously a revolution 'from ... 21 In practice, the actual contribution to perestroika 'from below' does not ..."

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