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„Perestroika” si „glasnosti” în U.R.S.S.Preliminarii la prăbusirea regimurilor comuniste din Europa de Est
“Perestroika” and „glasnost” in the Soviet Union or the Preliminaries of the Breakdown of the Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Author(s): Dragos Zamfirescu
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Communism breakdown; perestroika

Summary/Abstract: Perestroika and glasnost, initiated in the Soviet Union by the new leader Michail Gorbachev in mid ’80’s created the premises for democratic reforms in East-Central Europe countries and also led to the 1989 antitotalitarian revolutions. Although most of the Communist countries adopted perestroika, that was not the case for Romania where Ceausescu tried very hard to resist to what the Romanian leadership called to be „the fatal influences of Gorbachev’s reforms”.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2009
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 123-137
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Romanian