Meaning & use
glasnost
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A policy of greater openness and transparency in government, especially as introduced in the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
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Under glasnost, Soviet citizens could discuss political topics that had once been forbidden.
Historians credit glasnost with helping expose long-hidden aspects of Soviet history.
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Glasnost is a Russian word most closely associated with Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the 1980s, often paired with 'perestroika' (restructuring).
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