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How to pronounce “perestroika”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of perestroika with real speech in context.
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- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Henk Rogers
with Perestroika and Glasnost.
- Definition summary
- (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.
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How to pronounce perestroika
Henk Rogers

with Perestroika and Glasnost.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “perestroika”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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.
- (historical, uncountable) The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
- (countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
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