Perestoika and Glasnost
Glasnost
· “Openness”
· This policy shocked both his people and the west.
· For the first time since the Tsars, he encouraged open debate about the country.
· Less censorship.
· Changed the view of Soviet History.
· Freed exiles.
· Stalin denounced.
· Said that the change was needed in order to bring about true socialism.
Perestroika
· “Restructuring”
· Denounce Stalin.
· Notion of "one ideology-one party."
· Makes clear that the Hungarian and Czech uprising were handled improperly.
Wanted a return to détente and wanted reform
· “Openness”
· This policy shocked both his people and the west.
· For the first time since the Tsars, he encouraged open debate about the country.
· Less censorship.
· Changed the view of Soviet History.
· Freed exiles.
· Stalin denounced.
· Said that the change was needed in order to bring about true socialism.
Perestroika
· “Restructuring”
· Denounce Stalin.
· Notion of "one ideology-one party."
· Makes clear that the Hungarian and Czech uprising were handled improperly.
Wanted a return to détente and wanted reform
Perestroika on The Library of Economics and Liberty
"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization."
-Gorbachev |
Subjunctive Question: What if the hope of ending Communism hadn't been given the 'opportunities' of some of these ideological shifts? Was the fall of the Soviet Union a fatalistic eventuality, or the product of circumstance?
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