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This 13 page paper explains the period of Perestroika that took place between 1985 and 1991. The paper consider show and why it took placed how it developed and the role it played in economic development in Russia and the former USSR countries. The paper argues that although it caused much hardship in the Soviet Union it also laid the foundation for later, more successful, economic developments. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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of Pigs and the Cold War were one result of the influence of Stalin and the communist ideals of the USSR. Another impact of the political change resulting from the
1917 revolution was the way in which the Russian economy developed, which, without doubt resulted in hardship for many Russians, during and after the Stalin years. Todays Russia is very
different, the changes can be traced to Gorbachevs Perestroika that started in 1985 following is ascension to power after the death of Khrushchev (Daniels, 1999). This was a revolution in
itself, undoing many of the repressive policies and practices of the past and reforming the political and economic systems (Yakovlev, 2005). The
move may have been revolutionary, but many of the results were unexpected. Today Perestroika is interpreted by the west as the beginnings of democracy in Russia, but by understanding
the circumstances and real meaning of Perestroika it can be argued that democracy was a side effect of the modernisation, and not a goal (Cohen, 2005). It may also be
argued that Perestroika played an important influencing role in the dissolution of the USSR empire in 1991. The best way to understand Perestroika is by looking at it in
retrospect, it is only with the developments that have occurred afterwards that the full ramifications of it are apparent. Even in Russia in a survey carried out by the Institute
of Multidiscipline Social Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSI RAN) indicates that as time goes by more and more of the citizens believe that Perestroika was necessary. The
results were compared to the public opinion in 1995 and the increase is very visible, this is shown in figure 1 Figure 1; Public Opinion in Russia, to the question
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