| The reform process known as perestroika and glasnost took off slowly in the Ukraine. |
| At the time of glasnost and perestroika, the emerging leaders belonged to the writers union. |
| Gorbachev's policy of glasnost opened the way for previously repressed work to be made public. |
| Inflation, shortages, and declining production were the harvest of five years of perestroika and glasnost. |
| Painfully aware of the contradiction between the policy of glasnost and the party's handling of the Chernobyl crisis, Gorbachev at last acted. |
| In the waning days of Soviet rule, discontent continued to grow and find expression under Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost. |
