Perestroika and Glasnost
GLASNOST:
-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
PERESTROIKA:
- 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
-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
PERESTROIKA:
- 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
"For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me."- Andrei Sakharov
Subjunctive Question
Did Gorbachev get in any trouble for publishing the book ?
Summary
Gorbachev introduced his ideas of Glasnost through his book Perestroika. It encouraged numerous ideas like less censorship, the freedom of Andrei Sakharov, and a change of view of Soviet history.