"Acceleration" and "Perestroika". 1986-1988. Political reform July 22, 2022, Natalia Eliseeva Political reform 1988 was a turning point in the history of Perestroika. M.S. Gorbachev wrote that then "we came to understand that we should not improve, but reform the system." It would seem that the enterprises were given more economic independence, cooperative and individual activities were allowed, the management apparatus was reorganized, and contractual prices were introduced.