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Perestroika

Gorbachev's program of economic and political restructuring of the Soviet system, 1985–1991.

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Dates
1985–1991
Also known as
Restructuring
Over time
  1. Span 1985–1991
  2. led by Mikhail Gorbachev 1985–1991

Perestroika (“restructuring”) was Mikhail Gorbachev’s reform program, which from 1988 included contested elections and a Soviet presidency. According to the United States government, this democratization “contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union”.

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1985–1991 Perestroika
  2. 1985–1991 Mikhail Gorbachev leads Perestroika
Proof 3 sources
  1. Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (transparency) further legitimized popular calls for reform from within.
  2. Mikhail Gorbachev's Resignation Speech, World History Commons, George Mason University, 25 Dec 1991. Primary record
    But even today I am convinced of the historic correctness of the democratic reforms which were started in the spring of 1985.
  3. The Collapse of the Soviet Union (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Gorbachev’s decision to allow elections with a multi-party system and create a presidency for the Soviet Union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized Communist control and contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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