perestroika
See also: perestroïka
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (original Russian): (file)
Proper noun
perestroika
- (now historical) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Gorbachev would introduce glasnost (openness and freedom) and perestroika (economic restructuring) to Russia under his tenure, ultimately freeing thousands of political prisoners and dissidents and trying to address the shortages in food and goods that had become the hallmarks of the failing Soviet economy.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
Derived terms
Translations
reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s
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See also
Noun
perestroika (plural perestroikas)
- (singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka).
Pronunciation
Noun
perestroika
Declension
Inflection of perestroika (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | perestroika | perestroikat | |
genitive | perestroikan | perestroikien | |
partitive | perestroikaa | perestroikia | |
illative | perestroikaan | perestroikiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | perestroika | perestroikat | |
accusative | nom. | perestroika | perestroikat |
gen. | perestroikan | ||
genitive | perestroikan | perestroikien perestroikain rare | |
partitive | perestroikaa | perestroikia | |
inessive | perestroikassa | perestroikissa | |
elative | perestroikasta | perestroikista | |
illative | perestroikaan | perestroikiin | |
adessive | perestroikalla | perestroikilla | |
ablative | perestroikalta | perestroikilta | |
allative | perestroikalle | perestroikille | |
essive | perestroikana | perestroikina | |
translative | perestroikaksi | perestroikiksi | |
abessive | perestroikatta | perestroikitta | |
instructive | — | perestroikin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Portuguese
Noun
perestroika f (plural perestroikas)
- perestroika (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s)
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