Mikhail Gorbachev Championed ‘Glasnost’ and ‘Perestroika.’ Here’s How They Changed the World. 6 minute read. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a press conference in the Elysee Palace in ...

Those two Russian words were synonymous with Mikhail Gorbachev's campaign for reforming Soviet society. Here's what to know about them.

The momentous era of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was often defined by buzzwords and slogans. From perestroika to glasnost to "Gorbymania", here are five of the best ...

Putin has slowly and methodically walked back General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glastnost and perestroika which directly contributed to the fall of the U.S.S.R.

Perestroika, Glasnost & the End of the Soviet Union. Posted: April 15, 2025 | Last updated: April 15, 2025. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev set out to save the Soviet Union with bold reforms.

The momentous era of ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was often defined by buzzwords and slogans. From perestroika to glasnost to “Gorbymania”, here are five of the ...

Gorbachev’s attempt to reform Russia’s struggling economic, social, and political systems through his Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) initiatives failed. This was largely due to ...

A fervent believer in a more humane version of communism, he thought the policies of glasnost and perestroika that he introduced in the late 1980s would revitalize the stagnating Soviet system ...

Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the U ...

From perestroika to glasnost to "Gorbymania", here are five of the best-known. Shorthand for Gorbachev's drive to modernise the Soviet economy and society, perestroika means change or reform.

Countless words will be dedicated in the following days to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who died Aug. 30 at the age of 91. But throughout his obituaries, two specific words will likely be ...