n. The restructuring of the Soviet economy and bureaucracy that began in the mid 1980s. [Russian perestroĭka : pere-, around, again (from Old Russian; see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + stroĭka, construction (from stroit', to build, from Old Russian stroiti, from strojĭ, order; see ster-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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