Perestroika and Glasnost
Glasnost
- The main idea being "openness"
- Shocked many people
- Encouraged open debate for the first time in years
- The results were:
- Less censorship
- A change of view of Soviet history
- Stalin was denounced
- Gorbachev stated that socialism had not yet occurred
Summary: A term which began the fall of communism
Perestroika
- Gorbachev published the book which meant "restructuring"
- Denouncing Stalin
- That he wanted detente and reform
Summary: A term and book which was a blow to the idea of communism and slowly communism fell.
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