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Who has developed the concepts of perestroika and glasnost?

Question by wc_gam3r: Who developed the concepts of perestroika and glasnost?
What did they hope they would do, and why? did he accomplish it? Why or why not?

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Answer by rhsaunders
Mikhail Gorbachev. He realized that the Soviet Union simply wasn’t working, and tried to fix it. It turned out to be unfixable, and collapsed. It is to Gorbachev’s everlasting credit that he managed to guide the transition with as few casualties as actually occurred.

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  1. Loren S says

    Michail Gorbochev. in as much as it means change it resulted in that.

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