Gorbachev

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Gorbachevs Reforms
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Who was Gorbachev?

• 1. Last Premier of the USSR
• 2. Forward thinker who thought the USSR was in
  need of modernization

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Glasnost the big idea

• Relaxed censorship and allowed greater personal
  freedom in the USSR
• Glasnost means openess

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Specific changes of Glasnost

• Abolished most, but not all, censorship

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Specific changes of Glasnost

• Allowed public debate and protests

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Specific changes of Glasnost

• Welcomed disclosure of govt corruption

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Specific changes of Glasnost

• Allowed Western ideas and products to enter the
  USSR

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Perestroika the big idea

• A series of economic reforms attempting to move
  the USSR from a Command to a Capitalist economy.

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Specific changes of Perestroika

• Reduce subsidies to industry

What are subsidies?
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Specific changes of Perestroika

• Allow managers to make more decisions

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Specific changes of Perestroika

• Permit bankruptcy and accept unemployment

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Specific changes of Glasnost

• Encouraged private ownership

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Specific changes of Perestroika

• Decentralize most economic decision making

What does decentralize mean?
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Democratization the big idea

• Changes in the Soviet political system

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Specific changes of Democratization

• Allowed relatively democratic elections

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Specific changes of Democratization

• Allowed multiple political parties

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Specific changes of Democratization

• Encouraged political debate