“With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia. The army, education and health systems collapsed. People in the West quietly applauded, dancing with and around Yeltsin. I conclude therefore that we should not pay too much attention to what the West is saying.”
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost, 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
Summary: Glasnost was interpreted in the west as "openness" and was the first time open debate was endorsed. It resulted in less censorship, a changing view of Soviet History, Stalin being redenounced, and Gorbachev states that true communism is yet to arrive.
•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
Summary: Glasnost was interpreted in the west as "openness" and was the first time open debate was endorsed. It resulted in less censorship, a changing view of Soviet History, Stalin being redenounced, and Gorbachev states that true communism is yet to arrive.
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: Perestroika: Re-structuring. The book included the denouncing of Stalin, the notion of one ideology one party, admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes, that he wanted to reform and return to détente. Big turning point in the falling of Communism.
•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: Perestroika: Re-structuring. The book included the denouncing of Stalin, the notion of one ideology one party, admitted that Hungary, 1956 and Czechoslovakia, 1968 were mistakes, that he wanted to reform and return to détente. Big turning point in the falling of Communism.