In 1985, reform-minded Mikhail Gorbachev came to power as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He introduced reforms along liberal lines. The two reforms most commonly associated with him are glasnost and perestroika. Glasnost means 'openness' and refers to government transparency and increased freedom of expression.
Perestroika refers to a series of political and economic reforms meant to kickstart the stagnant 1980s economy of the Soviet Union. Its architect, President Mikhail Gorbachev, would oversee the most fundamental changes to his nation's economic engine and political structure since the Russian Revolution.
The whole of Attica (the area sorounding and controlled by Athens) had a size of 2500 square kilometers) which is very small compared to the size of USA in 1789. At that time USA had an area of <span>864,746 square kilometers. </span>
Answer:
Due to the exorbitant taxes imposed by the government, most of the tea entering Britain in the 1770s was illegally
trafficked into the country.
