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glasnost (1880s sense)

glasnost

also: гласность

Glasnost' in its original 19th-century sense of 'publicity' or 'openness' -- public disclosure and press criticism of official conduct -- a live and contested policy question under Alexander III's more restrictive censorship regime, distinct from the later Gorbachev-era usage.

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