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перестро́йка — meaning in English

perestroyka

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English meaning

  • alteration noun A change made to something, or the act of making that change.
  • transformation noun A dramatic change in form, appearance, or character.

Senses

перестро́йка is used for these senses in English:

  • alteration The act of altering or making different.
  • perestroika (historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • transformation (politics, South Africa) The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.

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