Shortly after Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, he ramped up talk about glasnost—meaning “openness,” particularly openness of ...

To find the Pfeffermuhle, just follow Bach`s disapproving gaze. On a sooty granite pedestal by the side of old St. Thomas Church, where he used to direct the choir, he glowers at a wooden door acro… ...

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.

For while glasnost was envisioned by Gorbachev as a tool rather than an information free for all, it quickly took on a life of its own. The very journalists who had been appointed by the state ...

The Afghanistan debacle was an underrated contributor to Soviet malaise in the 1980s and a factor in perestroika, glasnost and eventually the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Defeats can have ...

America Gets a Taste of Glasnost. Soviet Russia opened up in 1988, but its freedom proved fleeting. We should guard ours vigilantly. By . Vladimir Kontorovich. and . Eugene Kontorovich. Share.

By John B. Hagney “Imagine a country that launches Sputnik and it can’t solve the problem of women’s pantyhose. There’s no toothpaste, no soap, not the basic necessities of life.