perestroika: Meaning and Definition of

pe•re•stroi•ka

Pronunciation: (per"u-stroi'kuRuss.pyi-ryi-stroi'ku), [key]
  1. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
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