perestroika, (Russian: “restructuring”) program instituted in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid-1980s to restructure Soviet economic and political policy. Seeking to bring the Soviet Union up to economic par with capitalist countries such as Germany, Japan, and the United States , Gorbachev decentralized economic controls and encouraged enterprises to …

Perestroika was a series of 1986 reforms initiated by Gorbachev to stabilize and strengthen the Soviet regime through economic and political restructuring ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL HISTORY …

Perestroika was an economic policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev to the U.S.S.R. in 1985. Perestroika means 'restructuring,' and was an attempt to …

Definition of perestroika. : the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s.

21/08/2021 · The term perestroika was used to name in 1985 a restructuring process in the political and economic model of the so-called Soviet Union. The word comes from the ‘перестройка’ Russian who translated the Spanish means ‘restructuring’. The objective of this change focused on anchoring and ensuring the future of socialism in the nation, from an ...

10/03/2015 · Perestroika (“restructuring” in Russian) refers to a series of political and economic reforms meant to kick-start the stagnant 1980s economy of the Soviet Union.

05/03/2009 · What Was Perestroika? Perestroika, which in English translates to "restructuring," was Gorbachev's program to restructure the Soviet economy in an attempt to revitalize it. To restructure, Gorbachev decentralized the controls over the economy, effectively lessening the government's role in the decision-making processes of individual enterprises.

30/11/2017 · Perestroika was an economic policy of Mikhail Gorbachev. It was the first time that private ownership of businesses was legal in the Soviet Union.