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perestroika


per·e·stroi·ka

noun \ˌper-ə-ˈstri-kə\

Definition of PERESTROIKA

: the policy of economic and governmental reform instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s

Origin of PERESTROIKA

Russian perestroĭka, literally, restructuring
First Known Use: 1986

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