The Soviet Union, Part 2 of 2
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Gorbachev's Reconstruction of the Soviet Union
It's understood that there are cycles in the affairs of men. Sometimes you have cultural liberalisation as you had under Gorbachev and then it was thought there was a retreat from that under Bresniff. The plan with Peristrika though is even less specific. It means reconstruction, but that doesn't say what kind of reconstruction and Gorbachev never said what kind he had in mind. Glaznost feels less like freedom and more like a reason to question everything they've been told for the last 60 years.
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