"Glasnot" is translated as

Glasnost's actual traduction is transparency. The term, however, refers to one of the final attempts at saving the broken Soviet Union. The program aimed at opening the stalemate to new structures and methods in the hope of reinvigorating the collapsing Communist state.

~MistyMia~

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.