Mikhail Gorbachev opened up the Soviet Union by adding more churches, he wanted more people to start talking about their society. Things started to become better, one of his ideas was called glasnost. Glasnost was established in 1985, it was when the people talked about Soviet Union's issues, such as economy and political problems. Gorbachev wanted his people to come together and be open about their society, he wanted to hear their opinions too. Another one of Mikhail Gorbachev's ideas which was created was called peristrokia. Peristrokia was an idea to reform the economic system, and also the political system.