Mikhail Gorbachev
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His foreign policy helped bring about an end to the Cold War, while within the Soviet Union he introduced major reforms ( glasnost and perestoika). The downfall of the Soviet Union was a result of long periods of economic depression.
Gorbachev's policy that eased censorship in the Soviet Union and introduced many other democratic freedoms was referred to as glasnost, which literally means "openness".
Glasnost .
Russia/Soviet Union
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His foreign policy helped bring about an end to the Cold War, while within the Soviet Union he introduced major reforms ( glasnost and perestoika). The downfall of the Soviet Union was a result of long periods of economic depression.
Gorbachev's policy that eased censorship in the Soviet Union and introduced many other democratic freedoms was referred to as glasnost, which literally means "openness".
Glasnost .
In the Soviet Union, otherwise known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Glasnost was the new soviet union policy which allowed for more individual freedoms like free speech.
Perestroika and Glasnost were attempted by Mikhail Gorbachev to change Soviet Union from Communist to Democratic rule.
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced measures that eventually led to the breakdown of the communist Soviet Union. Two of these measures were Glasnost and Perestroika, also known as openness and restructuring.
Glasnost and perestroika
it contributed to instability to the soviet union making high infilation rates.
It empowered angry citizens to protest against communism and the Soviet government.