Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of Communism

Perestroika is a Russian word that means restructuring, which means to the reform in the Soviet Union. Perestroika means a policy so that the Soviet Union could change the economic and political system.

Glasnost is a policy that when the Soviet Union discussed the economic and political problems of the country.

There was a man named Mikhail Gorbachev who opened Churches and allows books to be published that were normally band. He also allowed the people of the country to talk openly about ways to improve there homeland. This allowed the people to complain publicly about problems so the problem can be solved. Also he let managers have more control over there farmland and other belongings. He also allowed the people to choose from a list of people for the legislative body instead of being run by one single government. An improvement was made because of him because before the Communist society would have no say any thing and wouldn’t be listened to.