What Russian word meaning 'restructuring' was a political movement in the 1980s?
Perestroika other countries [that had] achieved their independence," and who was "under extraordinary pressure at home, particularly on the economy." Perestroika Perestroika (; ) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s and is widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform. The literal meaning of perestroika is "restructuring," referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system. Perestroika is sometimes argued to be a significant cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, and
Russian nihilist movement Russian nihilist movement The Nihilist movement was a Russian movement in the 1860s which rejected all authorities. It is derived from the Latin "nihil", meaning "nothing". After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, the Nihilists were known throughout Europe as proponents of the use of violence in order to bring about political change. Russian nihilism (rus. "нигилизм") can be divided into two periods. The foundational period (1860-1869) where the 'counter-cultural' aspects of nihilism scandalized Russia, and even the smallest of indiscretions resulted in nihilists being sent to Siberia or imprisoned for lengthy periods of time, and where the