perestroika
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Perestroika was a series of political and economic reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s aimed at restructuring the socialist system and increasing openness and efficiency.
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Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet policy
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economic reform program → political reform program → |
| appliesTo |
one-party socialist state
→
planned economy → |
| associatedWith |
glasnost
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| country |
Soviet Union
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| criticizedFor |
contributing to the dissolution of the USSR
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economic disruption → shortages and inflation → weakening central authority → |
| hasGoal |
decentralizing economic decision-making
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encouraging enterprise autonomy → improving living standards in the USSR → increasing economic efficiency → introducing limited market mechanisms → modernizing socialism → reducing central planning → restructuring the Soviet economic system → restructuring the Soviet political system → stimulating technological innovation → |
| ideology |
democratic socialism (claimed)
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reformist socialism → |
| implementedBy |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Soviet government → |
| influenced |
collapse of the Soviet Union
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end of the Cold War → political liberalization in Eastern Europe → |
| influencedBy |
arms race with the United States
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economic stagnation in the Soviet Union → need for technological modernization → |
| initiatedBy |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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| introducedConcept |
cooperatives in services and small industry
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enterprise self-management → joint ventures with foreign companies → limited private enterprise in the USSR → reduction of state subsidies to unprofitable enterprises → |
| keyAdvisor |
Alexander Yakovlev
NERFINISHED
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| keyEconomicReformer |
Nikolai Ryzhkov
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| keyFigure |
Mikhail Gorbachev
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| languageOfName |
Russian
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| literalMeaning |
restructuring
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| partOf |
Gorbachev reforms
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| politicalAspect |
creation of the Congress of People’s Deputies
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multi-candidate elections within the Communist Party framework → partial separation of party and state → strengthening of the Soviet presidency → |
| slogan |
uskorenie (acceleration)
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| startTime |
1985
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| timePeriod |
late 1980s
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mid-1980s → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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1989 Soviet legislative election
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glasnost policy ("Gorbachev reforms") → |
partOf |
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Brezhnev stagnation
("Perestroika")
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followedBy |
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Round Table Talks of 1989
("Soviet perestroika")
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influencedBy |
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Oleg Baklanov
("perestroika reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev")
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opposedTo |
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Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
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politicalContext |
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Soviet period
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significantEvent |