The attempts and failures of reformers during the era of perestroika (restructuring) in the regime of Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–91) attested to the complexity of the challenge.
Již pokusy a chyby reformátorů během perestrojky za Michaila Gorbačova (byl v úřadu v letech 1985-91) ukázaly složitost tohoto úkolu.