per ‧ e ‧ stroi ‧ ka /ˌperəˈstrɔɪkə, ˌperɪˈstrɔɪkə/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Russian ; Origin: perestroit 'to rebuild, reorganize' ]
a Russian word meaning ‘rebuilding’, used to describe the social, political, and economic changes that happened in the former USSR in the 1980s, just before the end of the Communist government ⇨ glasnost