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PERESTROIKA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perestroika" is a kind of...):
economic policy (a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues)