Perestroika and Glasnost
Notes
Glasnost
-The term was interpreted in the west as "openness"
-This Policy shocked both his people and the west
- For the first time since the Tsars a leader encouraged open debate about the country
Resulted in:
-Less censorship, Change of view of Soviet history, Andrei Sakharov was freed from exile (developed the hydrogen bomb in Russia).
-Stalin was denounced
-Gorbachev announced socialism still hadn't arrived
Perestroika
-Gorbachev published a book with this title, which means "restructing" it included:
-Denouncing Stalin
-Notion of one ideology one party
-Admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes
-That he wanted to return to détente
-He wanted reform
-The term was interpreted in the west as "openness"
-This Policy shocked both his people and the west
- For the first time since the Tsars a leader encouraged open debate about the country
Resulted in:
-Less censorship, Change of view of Soviet history, Andrei Sakharov was freed from exile (developed the hydrogen bomb in Russia).
-Stalin was denounced
-Gorbachev announced socialism still hadn't arrived
Perestroika
-Gorbachev published a book with this title, which means "restructing" it included:
-Denouncing Stalin
-Notion of one ideology one party
-Admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes
-That he wanted to return to détente
-He wanted reform
Subjunctive Question
What if Glasnost and Perestroika didn't want to get rid of Stalinism?
Interesting Fact
Gorbachev was the last true communist leader of Russia.
Summary
Gorbachev introduced his ideas of Glasnost through his book "Perestroika" which mean't restructuring. This idea encouraged less censorship, a change of view of Soviet history, and the freedom of Andrei Sakharov. Gorbachev made many mistakes of reform. He put in act of an Anti-alcohol campaign, invested in machinery and the tool industry and continued war in Afghanistan too long, to name a few.