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The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, [3] were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.
End of Communism in Hungary (1989) Fall of communism in Albania (1990–92) Mongolian Revolution of 1990; Peaceful Revolution "die Wende" (Germany 1989–90) Fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989) Singing Revolution (Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; 1987–1991) Velvet Revolution (Czechoslovakia, 1989)
Communist rule in the People's Republic of Hungary came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition to a democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a communist country. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.
Now 30 years removed from 1989's "annus mirabilis" -- Central and Eastern Europe's year of miracles, when communist regimes seemingly toppled like dominoes -- it's easy to focus on the Western ...
The events of November 1989 confirmed that outside factors were significant catalysts for the downfall of Communism in Czechoslovakia. Therefore, the transformations in Poland and Hungary and the collapse of the regime in East Germany, both of which could be traced to the new attitude of the Soviets toward East Europe, encouraged Czechs and ...
Young men celebrate in Prague after fall of the Czech government, 1989 (Photos by Brian Harris/The Independent) ... a Communist star towering high above the gates. To Lucas, it felt as if the ...
9 November 1989 – The fall of the Berlin Wall, enabling East Germans to travel freely to the west. [3] 1 December 1989 – The Volkskammer removes section of the East German Constitution granting the SED a monopoly of power, thus ending Communist rule in East Germany. 3 December 1989 – The Socialist Unity Party's stepping down. [8]
Focusing on the decades of unrest that precipitated 1989's tumultuous events, Stokes provides a history of the various communist regimes and the opposition movements that brought them down, including the "March Days" and Solidarity, the 1975 Helsinki Accords, Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 opposition movement, and the autocratic policies of ...