PERESTROIKA


Meaning of PERESTROIKA in English

[ ˌpɛrɪ'strɔɪkə ]

■ noun (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of reforming the economic and political system, practised in the 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Origin

Russ., lit. 'restructuring'.

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