What is perestroika?
A) greater openness, a policy in the 1980s that encouraged several republics to demand independence
B) planned economic restructuring, an early move toward a freer market
C) a policy of education improvement, in the last days of the former Soviet Union
D) the Russian word for railroad
E) improvement of the Russian environment

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Perestroika was a policy of planned economic restructuring in the Soviet Union in the 1980s that aimed to move towards a freer market. It was introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in an attempt to revitalize the stagnating Soviet economy.

What Is Perestroika