which leader of ussr started political and economic reforms in ussr
Perestroika (/ ˌpɛrəˈstrɔɪkə /; Russian: Перестро́йка, IPA: (pjɪrjɪˈstrojkə) (listen)) was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s and is widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost (meaning "openness") policy reform. The literal meaning of perestroika is "restructuring," referring to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system.