In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union and set out to bring the country out of crisis.
His two most important reforms were called Glasnost and Perestroika .
Explanation:
Glasnost or transparency improved freedom of expression
in following ways:
● freedom of press
● access to Western press
● the creation of political unions that opposed communism
● banned books that challenged Soviet history or
Communist rule were published in large editions
● dissidents were released from prison
● greater religious tolerance
● freedom to travel to Western countries
perestroika or restructuring of the government and economy led to
changes in the following ways:
● farmers were allowed to sell
goods on the free market
● appointed new members to the
Secretariat and reduced the
size of the bureaucracy
● supported limited private
ownership
