perestroika
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perestroika
- /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/ US
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Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”).
noun perestroikas
- A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet
- The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
- A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
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noun reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s
| Español | perestroika |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 페레스트로이카 pereseuteuroika |
| 日本語 | ペレストロイカ peresutoroika |
| 中文 | 經濟改革 /经济改革 jīngjì gǎigé |
| हिन्दी | पेरेस्ट्रोइका peresṭroikā |
| Português | perestroika |
| Français | perestroïka |
| Deutsch | Perestroika, Umbau, Umgestaltung |
| Italiano | perestroika |
| Ελληνικά | περεστρόικα perestróika |
| Română | perestroika |
| Русский | перестро́йка perestrójka |
| Tiếng Việt | perestroika |
| العربية | بِيرِيسْتْرُويْكَا bīrīstrūykā |
| עברית | פֶּרֶסְטְרוֹיְקָה perestroika |
Talk about this word "perestroika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/perestroika. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. perestroika. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/perestroika "perestroika." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/perestroika.Cite this
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