Look up: glasnost

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   glasnost
   [n] - a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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   glasnost
   Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of liberalizing various aspects of Soviet life, such as introducing greater freedom of expression and information and opening up relations with Western...
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   glasnost
   noun a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
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   Glasnost
   is the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions in the Soviet Union, together with freedom of information, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev. The word is a transliteration of the Russian word `Ã?“Ã?»Ã?°Ã‘Â?Ã?½Ã?¾ÑÂ?Ñ‚ÑŒ` and was frequently used by Gorbachev to specify the policies he believed might help reduce the corruption at the top of the Communist Party and the Soviet government, a...
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   glasnost
   (from the article `Union of Soviet Socialist Republics`) ...Politburo and was replaced as cadres chief by Georgy Razumovsky. Gorbachev`s nominee was Aleksandr Yakovlev, who became secretary for propaganda ... ...1980s and `90s. In fact, the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev`s reform policies of perestroika (`restructuring`) and ...
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   glasnost
   glasnost (gläs'nōst) , Soviet cultural and social policy of the late 1980s. Following his ascension to the leadership of the USSR in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev began to promote a policy of openness in public discussions about current and historical problems. The policy was termed glasnos...
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