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In the early to mid 1980s Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, recognized that the Soviet Union was falling behind economically on the world stage. To combat this, he began a restructuring program (perestroika) in order to promote a more efficient governing system. To put pressure on the conservatives of the Communist Party, he encouraged a policy of openness (glasnost) and lessened the rules on free speech.
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∙ 8y agoMikhail Gorbachev developed those ideas while President of the Soviet Union in 1990. He was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for this.
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The Soviet leader who began glasnost and perestroika was .?
Joseph Stalin
What Soviet Premier began a 'loosening' or 'restructuring of Soviet economic policy beginning in the 1980's known as Perestroika?
Mikhail gorbachev
How did Mikhail Gorbachev's actions bring the end of the Soviet Union?
It empowered angry citizens to protest against communism and the Soviet government.
The Soviet Union began to fight against Germany as a result of what?
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
What was a result of the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union during President Eisenhower's terms?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union both started building their militaries faster
The Soviet leader who began glasnost and perestroika was .?
Joseph Stalin
Who was the Soviet leader and reformer who began the process of restructuring the Soviet economy?
Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who in 1985 began the process of restructuring of the Soviet economy, known as perestroika accompanied by the policy of liberalization, known as glasnost.
Who was the leader when perestroika began?
Mikhail Gorbachev was the Russian president at the time of Perestroika.
What Soviet Premier began a 'loosening' or 'restructuring of Soviet economic policy beginning in the 1980's known as Perestroika?
Mikhail gorbachev
What is the English translation of perestroika?
The restructuring of the Soviet economy and bureaucracy that began in the mid 1980s. (copied from anwers.com)
Joseph Stalin reversed the cold war with a policy called what?
Stalin never reversed the Cold War. He began it and continued it to his death in 1953. Mikhail Gorbachev began reversing the Cold War attitude with the policies of "perestroika" (restructuring) and "glasnost" (openness). These were actually polices that affected the internal operations of the USSR in a direct way. This then had the indirect result of reducing Cold War tensions and then to the ultimate dissolution of the Soviet Union itself.
Which soviet leader began a new period of openness?
Mikhail Gorbachev
How are glasnost and perestroika related to free enterprise?
The terms glasnost and perestroika are Russian, meaning openness and restructuring. They were used to describe reforms that were introduced to the USSR in the late 1980's by Mikhail Gorbachev. These reforms did not involve free enterprise, they just involved a less repressive version of the communist dictatorship and the command economy, however, once reform began, there was suddenly a huge demand for more reform, which ultimately resulted in the dissolution of the USSR and the end of communist governments in Europe. And of course, the communist command economy was then replaced by the free enterprise system.
What does the term glasnost refer to?
Glasnost, which is a Russian word meaning "Publicity", referred to a policy of transparency and increased openness began by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
How did Mikhail Gorbachev's actions bring the end of the Soviet Union?
It empowered angry citizens to protest against communism and the Soviet government.
The Soviet Union began to fight against Germany as a result of what?
Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
What happened in Afghanistan in 1979?
Soviet invasion began.
