please help: Perestroika

>>1605042
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Gorbachev's "perestroika" (rebuilding) had several directions, the most prominent being

Glasnost -- politcal goal to open up secrecy and allow more free press
Uskoreniye (acceleration) -- giving a boost to stagnating economy

>>1605079
well then doesn't that mean perestroika failed to accelerate the economy when you consider the GDP growth of -1.3% ?

>>1605091
of course

What Gorbachev PLANNED to do and what he ended up with are quite obviously different things.

Like take for example his anti-alcohol campaign. He personally considered alcoholism a shame on his nation. What it did is wrecked state budget ever further (alcohol production is frighteningly huge contributor to the budget of Russia). His dry law did saved million of lives in several years it was active though via reduction of alcohol related car accidents and crimes, less defective babies.

He meant well and but most of his enterprises end up in disasters until he was politically killed in the back by power-grabbing Eltsin.

>>1605091
Why do people meme about shity political reforms being mote important than they really were? USSR went to shit becsuse global oil prices tanked in the mid 80s. There could've been Stlin himself at the helm snd he wouldn't save it.

>>1605118
you're a fuckin autist buddy

>>1605132
Cuck.

>>1605139
Why, thank you

>>1605139
There is literally nothing wrong with being a cuck

>>1605168
Except fornthe having other men fucking your wife part