Question

Explain the terms Glasnost and Perestroika.

Answer 1

• Glasnost and Perestroika were the two administrative reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev in Soviet Union. 
• Glasnost was to implement openness in political processes. Accordingly, regulation on media and civil rights was taken off. 
• Perestroika was implemented to restructure the economic system of the Soviet Union. 
• It called for ending the price controls on production sector established by government and abating centralisation.