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During the late 1980's, the leader of the [[Soviet Union]] ("U.S.S.R."), General Secratary [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], introduced a social, and cultural policy called '''Glasnost''' ([[Russian]]: Глаcность, pronounced GLAHZ-nohst), which means "openness". Specifically, glasnost was a new Soviet policy allowing public discussion of political issues and a more free circulation of information.
Gorbachev began to promote this "openness" in public discussions about current and historical problems in the U.S.S.R. He acknowledged the brutality of the [[Stalin]] era, such as the great purges and the [[Katyn massacreMassacre]]. Soviet leaders became more receptive of foriegn leaders and the media, as a new period opened between the East and the West.
This opening of Soviet society to the [[Western world|West]] was one of the key events that eventually led to the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and its empire.
