to dismantle the party itself. See also Glasnost Perestroika Uskoreniye History of the Soviet Union (1982–1991) Revolutions of 1989 References Politics of the Soviet Union Government of the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union Democratization Soviet internal politics 1987 in the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev Perestroika Reform in the Soviet Union Soviet democracy movements Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet phraseology 1987 introductions 1987 in politics