Word: khozraschet
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Dates: during 1988-1988
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Gorbachev has good reason to protect his flanks as the June 28 party conference approaches. Perestroika has drawn criticism ever since he announced it in the spring of 1985. Earlier this year, overt opposition intensified as the economic reforms began to be implemented and his principle of khozraschet, or cost accounting, started affecting an estimated 60% of Soviet industry. Many government bureaucrats have seen a threat to their extra privileges -- special housing, schools and food stores. Automatic bonuses for workers were threatened, which prompted protest strikes. Nationalist outbursts in the Baltic states, protest demonstrations by Crimean Tatars in Moscow...
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