Perestroika and Glasnost
Glasnost 1986
Perestroika 1987
Gorachev's Mistakes to Reform
- The term was interpreted in the west as "openness"
- this policy shocked both his people and the west
- for the first time since the Tsars a lewaer encouraged open debate about the countrythe results were:
- Less censorship
- A change of view of Soviet history
Perestroika 1987
- Gorbachev published a book with his title which means "restructuring " it included
- denouncing Stalin
- Notion of one ideology one party
- admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes
- the he wanted to return to detente
- wanted reform
Gorachev's Mistakes to Reform
- Anti-alcohol campaign - cost state in revenue
- investment in machinery and tool industry with little return
- glasnost backfired in the people began hoarding common goods
- deficit grew annually
"Perestroika" (restructuring) and "glasnost" (openness) were Mikhail Gorbachev's watchwords for the renovation of the Soviet body politic and society that he pursued as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1985 until 1991.
Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep.
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mikhail Gorbachev