how to pronounce перестройка

/pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə/

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перестройка is pronounced in four syllables

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pʲ

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rʲ

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An example use of перестройка in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… там всякая перестройка свобода там и так …”

meanings of перестройка

noun:

Reorientation.
Rebuilding, reconstruction.
Perestroika (a program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s).
Reorganization, restructuring, reformation.

перестройка frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word перестройка occurs in russian on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.