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Unit-16 Contemporary World

This unit throws light on the changes that have occurred in the world specifically relating to the collapse of a super power, viz. USSR.

What do you understand by 'perestroika'?




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Written on Apr 17, 2019 12:59:21 PM

Gorbachev initiated perestroika (reconstruction) of the Soviet economy. This change soon turned into a process of democratization. It came to be known as glasnost (openness or transparency). It dismantled the rigid state system of the Soviet Union.