What was the main goal of Glasnost in the Soviet Union?
While “glasnost” is associated with freedom of speech, the main goal of this policy was to make the country’s management transparent and open to debate, thus circumventing the narrow circle of apparatchiks who previously exercised complete control of the economy. Through reviewing the past or current mistakes being made, it was hoped that the Soviet people would back reforms such as perestroika. A 1988 Soviet postage stamp: (1) Perestroika continues the cause of the October Revolution; (2) Acceleration, Democratization, Glasnost Glasnost gave new freedoms to the people, such as a greater freedom of information by opening the secret parts for unallowed literature in the libraries[3][4] and a greater freedom of speech — a radical change, as control of speech and suppression of government criticism had previously been a central part of the Soviet system. There was also a greater degree of freedom within the media. In the late 1980s, the Soviet government came under increased criticism, as
Glasnost ( Russian: гла́сность) was one of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. The term is a Russian word for “publicity”, “openness”. Gorbachev’s goal in undertaking glasnost was in part to pressure conservatives within the party who opposed his policies of economic restructuring, or perestroika. While in the West the notion of “glasnost” is associated with freedom of speech, the main goal of this policy was to make the country’s management transparent and open to debate, to change the former situation when major political and management decisions were made by a narrow circle of apparatchiks or within the Politburo, and were beyond criticism. Glasnost gave new freedoms to the people, such as a greater freedom of speech — a radical change as control of speech and suppression of government criticiscm had previously been a central part of the Soviet system. Glasnost was considered a step towards real democracy in Russia. The press became far less control
