How did glasnost and perestroika affect the USSR?

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Sim W.
Apr 24, 2017

They were economic and political reforms that changed the USSR

Explanation:

The perestroika(rebuilding in Russian) was a set of economic reforms(privatizations) whereas the glasnost(transparence in Russian) included the protection of civil liberties(freedom of the press, freedom of thought and speech).

They were a kind a transition towards the end of communism and led to the path of liberalization of the economy.

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