Glasnost

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:public_policy
gptkbp:allows criticism of government
discussion of historical events
publication of previously banned books
gptkbp:category gptkb:politics
Soviet politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:effect greater freedom of speech
public discussion of political and social issues
reduced censorship
gptkbp:goal freedom of information
increased transparency
openness
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Glasnost
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkbp:influenced Eastern Bloc reforms
collapse of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:meaning openness
gptkbp:mediaCoverage increased
gptkbp:opposedBy hardline communists
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance late 1980s
gptkbp:relatedEvent Chernobyl disaster coverage
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Perestroika
gptkbp:startDate 1985
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mikhail_Gorbachev
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4