perestroika
per·e·stroi·ka
noun \ˌper-ə-ˈstrȯi-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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