perestroika

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Soviet policy economic reform program political reform program

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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Perestroika 8
perestroika canonical 5
Gorbachev reforms 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet policy ⓘ
economic reform program ⓘ
political reform program ⓘ
appliesTo one-party socialist state ⓘ
planned economy ⓘ
associatedWith glasnost ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
criticizedFor contributing to the dissolution of the USSR ⓘ
economic disruption ⓘ
shortages and inflation ⓘ
weakening central authority ⓘ
hasGoal decentralizing economic decision-making ⓘ
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) ⓘ
reformist socialism ⓘ
implementedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ
influenced collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
political liberalization in Eastern Europe ⓘ
influencedBy arms race with the United States ⓘ
economic stagnation in the Soviet Union ⓘ
need for technological modernization ⓘ
initiatedBy Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
introducedConcept cooperatives in services and small industry ⓘ
enterprise self-management ⓘ
joint ventures with foreign companies ⓘ
limited private enterprise in the USSR ⓘ
reduction of state subsidies to unprofitable enterprises ⓘ
keyAdvisor Alexander Yakovlev ⓘ
keyEconomicReformer Nikolai Ryzhkov ⓘ
keyFigure Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
literalMeaning restructuring ⓘ
partOf Gorbachev era ⓘ
surface form: Gorbachev reforms
politicalAspect creation of the Congress of People’s Deputies ⓘ
multi-candidate elections within the Communist Party framework ⓘ
partial separation of party and state ⓘ
strengthening of the Soviet presidency ⓘ
slogan uskorenie (acceleration) ⓘ
startTime 1985 ⓘ
timePeriod late 1980s ⓘ
mid-1980s ⓘ

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1989 Soviet legislative election → partOf → perestroika ⓘ
Brezhnev stagnation → followedBy → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Round Table Talks of 1989 → influencedBy → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet perestroika
glasnost policy → partOf → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorbachev reforms
Oleg Baklanov → opposedTo → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: perestroika reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet period → significantEvent → perestroika ⓘ
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → politicalContext → perestroika ⓘ
Gorbachev era → policy → perestroika ⓘ
glasnost → partOf → perestroika ⓘ
subject surface form: Glasnost
this entity surface form: Gorbachev reforms
glasnost → relatedTo → perestroika ⓘ
subject surface form: Glasnost
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Soviet television → significantPeriod → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: perestroika era
Gosbank → existedDuring → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Union of Soviet Writers → locatedInTime → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Soviet–Ukrainian friendship → affectedBy → perestroika ⓘ
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → politicalContext → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Lithuanian Sąjūdis → historicalContext → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Soviet film industry → significantEvent → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
Gorky → renamingContext → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika reforms
Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine → existedDuring → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perestroika
People's Deputy of the USSR → createdDuring → perestroika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gorbachev reforms