Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Perestroika Perestroika is the term used to refer to the series of economic and political reforms that were undertaken by President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union in the 1980s with the aim of reviving the region's stagnating economy (“Perestroika”). This period marked a time of highly fundamental alterations to the nation's political structure and economic model. Perestroika also marked a period of great transformation of the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. This came about because Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, realized that even though the relations with the U.S had worsened since the ascent of...
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