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‖ perestroika Pol.|pɛrɪˈstrɔɪkə|
Also perestroyka.
[a. Russ. perestroĭka restructuring.]
The ‘restructuring’ or reform of the Soviet economic and political system, first proposed at the 26th Party Congress in 1979 and actively promoted under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985. Cf. glasnost.
[1981tr. Rep. Central Comm. CPSU XXVI Congr. iii. ii. 102 The restructuring of all social relations..is consummated in the period of developed socialism. 1981Summary World Broadcasts: Soviet Union 26 Feb. c24 They are outlined in the 26th April 1979 decision of the CPSU Central Committee. This is a long-term document. Essentially it deals with restructuring (Russian: perestroyka).] 1986Washington Post 23 Feb. a1/2 If words can define an era, then perestroika is the catchword here before Tuesday's opening of the Communist Party Congress as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev enters a decisive phase of his leadership. 1986Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 2/6, I can see Mr Gorbachev on television going on about something he calls Perestroika, roughly translated as ‘the restructuring’. 1987tr. Gorbachev's Perestroika ii. 60 After the 27th CPSU Congress and several Plenary Meetings of the Central Committee, the problems and the course of perestroika are being enthusiastically discussed by all sectors of Soviet society. 1987Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 18/1 This is not to say that the perestroyka, the renovation of Soviet society, for which we have given Mr Gorbachev ample credit, is unimportant. 1987Observer (Colour Suppl.) 25 Oct. 39/1 Let conversation turn to the perestroika and mostly you hear grumbles: about higher prices, harder work—and the vodka famine. |