Glasnot, 1986
- 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
- The results were:
- Less censorship
- A 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, 1987
- Gorbachev published a book with this title, which means “restructuring” 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
Summary
The term Glasnot means openness , and this policy shocked many people and the West. For the first time since the Tsars, a leader was encouraging them to debate about the country. The results of this was, less censorship, a change of view of Soviet history. Andrei Sakhrov was freed form exile, Stalin was denounced and Gobrachev announced socialism still hadn't arrived. Gobrachev published a book with the title "Perestroika" in 1987, which meant resurrecting and it included things such as; denouncing Stalin, and a notion of one ideology and one party.