Perestroika and Glasnost
Glasnost, 1986
Gorbachev published a book with this title, which means 'restructuring' it included:
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Gobachev's Mistakes to Reform
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Interesting Fact
The people and economy of the Soviet Union were used to the government doing everything. Things got worse before they got better.
Quote
"If not me, who? And if not now, when?"
-Mikhail Gorbachev
-Mikhail Gorbachev
Subjunctive Question
If Gorbachev didnt make mistakes to reform, would Russia have evolved differently?
Summary
Gorbachev introduced his ideas of Glasnost through his book "Perestroika" which mean't restructuring. This idea encouraged less censorship, a change of view of Soviet history, and the freedom of Andrei Sakharov. Gorbachev made many mistakes of reform. He put in act of an Anti-alcohol campaign, invested in machinery and the tool industry and continued war in Afghanistan too long, to name a few.