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glasnost

/ˈɡlæznɒst/noun

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ग्लासनोस्त, खुलेपन की नीति

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noun
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    [U]

    (in the former Soviet Union) the policy of being more open about government actions and of allowing more freedom to discuss problems

    ग्लासनोस्त, खुलेपन की नीति

    • Glasnost allowed Soviet newspapers to criticise the government for the first time.
    • The era of glasnost changed Soviet politics.
⌂Word origin and word building

From the Russian word for openness.

यह openness (खुलापन) के लिए रूसी शब्द से बना है।

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General knowledge

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost together with perestroika (restructuring) in the mid-1980s.

GK: Mikhail Gorbachev ने 1980 के दशक के मध्य में perestroika (पुनर्गठन) के साथ glasnost की नीति लागू की थी।