катастройка

Russian

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Etymology

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It is formed by blending the words катастро́фа (katastrófa, catastrophe) and перестро́йка (perestrójka, rebuilding). The word was invented around the 80s by Alexander Zinoviev during Gorbachev's perestroika.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kətɐˈstrojkə]
  • Hyphenation: ка‧та‧строй‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ojkə

Noun

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катастро́йка (katastrójkaf inan (genitive катастро́йки, nominative plural катастро́йки, genitive plural катастро́ек)

  1. perestroika (a program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s)

Declension

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