Perestroika and imperatives of the 21st century. To the 25th anniversary of the beginning of perestroika in the USSR

The Project's goal was to research the real scale and significance of Perestroika in the national and world history. Based on documentary sources and first-hand accounts of the architects of Perestroika, the project authors regard as inevitable the political changes in the USSR in the late 1980s.

Project Team

Anatoly Chernyaev – project leader
Aleksandr Veber
Aleksandr Galkin
Yury Krasin   
 

Contents

Anatoly Chernyaev. The Irreversible Choice

Aleksandr Veber. A Synopsis of the Perestroika Concepts. Gorbachev on Global Changes

Aleksandr Galkin. The Imminence of Change and Risks of Breakthroughs to the Future

Yury Krasin. A Breaktrough in the Age of Reformation