катастройка

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

It is formed by blending the words катастро́фа (katastrófa, catastrophe) and перестро́йка (perestrójka, rebuilding). The word was invented around the 80s by Alexander Zinoviev during Gorbachev's perestroika.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kətɐˈstrojkə]
  • Hyphenation: ка‧та‧строй‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ojkə

Noun[edit]

катастро́йка (katastrójkaf inan (genitive катастро́йки, nominative plural катастро́йки, genitive plural катастро́ек)

  1. perestroika (a program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s)

Declension[edit]