perestroika
21perestroika — /per euh stroy keuh/; Russ. /pyi rddyi strddoy keuh/, n. Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986. [ < Russ perestróika lit., rebuilding, reorganization] * * * (Russian;… …
22perestroika — noun Gorbachevs reforms in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and… …
23perestroika — [20] Along with glasnost, perestroika was catapulted into English from Russian in the mid 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union. It means literally ‘rebuilding, reconstruction, reform’, and is a compound formed from pere ‘re ’… …
24perestroika — [[t]pe̱rɪstrɔ͟ɪkə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Perestroika is a term which was used to describe the changing political and social structure of the former Soviet Union during the late 1980s …
25perestroika — (peh reh STROY kah) [Russian: restructuring] A name given by Communist Party general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to the goals of increased economic efficiency, an end to mismanagement, and the improvement of morale in the Soviet Union of the… …
26Perestroika — Meaning “restructuring” this slogan was used in the Soviet Union during Mikhail Gorbachev’s period in office to refer to the changes in the economy and society with particular emphasis on greater private ownership of economic enterprises, a… …
27perestroika — [20] Along with glasnost, perestroika was catapulted into English from Russian in the mid 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union. It means literally ‘rebuilding, reconstruction, reform’, and is a compound formed from pere ‘re ’… …
28perestroika — n. (in the Soviet Union) the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. Etymology: Russ. perestroika = restructuring …
29Perestroika (video game) — Perestroika (also known as Toppler) is a Russian computer game released by a small software developer called Locis in the Soviet Union in 1990/1991, and named after Mikhail Gorbachev s policy of Perestroika. Its welcoming screen shows Gorbachev… …
30Perestroika und die DDR — Nach dem Tod Konstantin Tschernenkos wurde im März 1985 der 54jährige Michail Gorbatschow neuer Generalsekretär des ZK der KPdSU. Er leitete unter dem Schlagwort »Perestroika (Umbau) eine Politik tief greifender Veränderungen in Wirtschaft,… …
