perestroika

per·e·stroi·ka  (pr-stroik)

n.

The restructuring of the Soviet economy and bureaucracy that began in the mid 1980s.

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[Russian perestroka : pere-, around, again (from Old Russian; see per¹ in Indo-European roots) + stroka, construction (from stroit', to build, from Old Russian stroiti, from stroj, order; see ster-² in Indo-European roots).]

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perestroika [ˌpɛrəˈstrɔɪkə]

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of reconstructing the economy, etc., of the former Soviet Union under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachov

[Russian, literally: reconstruction]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

perestroika - an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy economic policy - a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues

Translations

perestroika [perəˈstrɔɪkə] N → perestroika f

perestroika

n → Perestroika f