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Perestroika

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Perestroika

Perestroika was Mikhail Gorbachev’s program to restructure the Soviet economy.

It aimed to make the Soviet system more effective by allowing some elements of Free Enterprise inside the old socialist framework.

Definition

perestroika = 改组 / 重建，强调经济结构改革

Effect

Perestroika tried to reduce the weaknesses of the Soviet Centralized Economy, but it also destabilized the old system and encouraged broader demands for change. :contentReference[oaicite:8]