Boris Yeltsin Instituted Perestroika And Glasnost

Boris Yeltsin Instituted Perestroika And Glasnost

The statement that Boris Yeltsin instituted perestroika and glasnost is a common misunderstanding in discussions about late Soviet history. While Boris Yeltsin played a major role in the political transformation of Russia and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the policies of perestroika and glasnost were actually introduced earlier under a different leader. To fully … Read more