Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0
Paper 2
Revise: Second Cold WarPerestroika, meaning restructuring, aimed to reform the economy, including introducing some private enterprise. Glasnost, meaning openness, reduced censorship and allowed greater criticism and discussion. Gorbachev intended reform to improve the Soviet system, not simply to dismantle it.
- Revise: Collapse of Soviet Control
Gorbachev’s policy of restructuring the Soviet economy to improve its performance.