GLASNOST


Meaning of GLASNOST in English

/glaz"nost, glahz"-/ ; Russ. /glahs"neuhst/ , n.

the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.

[ 1980-85; glásnost' lit., publicity (taken to mean openness) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .