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glasnost
[ glaz-nost, glahz‑; Russian glahs-nuhst ]
noun
- the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
glasnost
/ ˈɡ±ôæ²õËŒ²ÔÉ’²õ³Ù /
noun
- the policy of public frankness and accountability developed in the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail gorbachev
glasnost
- A Russian word meaning “openness,†which describes the policy of Mikhail Gorbachev , premier of the former Soviet Union . The term refers to a general loosening of government control on all aspects of life in the Soviet Union, even to the point of permitting criticism of government policies.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glasnost1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of glasnost1
Example Sentences
It was the era of glasnost and perestroika.
His restructuring and openness — perestroika and glasnost — of the late 1980s led to the dismantling of the Soviet Union and, peacefully and fleetingly, brought a divided Europe together in liberty.
Formally registered in 1989 in the years of glasnost under Mikhail Gorbachev, Memorial has made it its mission to preserve the memory of Joseph Stalin’s repressions and to defend human rights today.
By that time, Khrushchev had been dead for 19 years, and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had ushered in a period of glasnost, or openness.
This proved effective in sparking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's social and political reforms of the late 1980s, best known by the Russian word "glasnost," or "openness."
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