Revolution in Europe, 1989Discusses recent events in Eastern Europe, focusing on the decisive year that saw the fall of Communist governments in several countries. |
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1956 revolution Alliance of Free Army August began Berlin EAST GERMANY Berlin Wall Bulgaria Civic Forum Communist countries Communist leader Communist Party Communist regime Communist rule Communist system crowd Czechoslovakia CZECHOSLOVAKIA Brno Bratislava December December 25 democracy demonstrations dissidents East European East Germany EAST GERMANY Leipzig Eastern Europe Eastern European countries Ecoglasnost economic reforms elected President Erich Honecker EYEWITNESS forces free elections hard-line Communist human rights Hungarian Democratic Forum Hungary HUNGARY ROMANIA Timisoara Imre Nagy Janos Jaruzelski June Lech Walesa Mikhail Gorbachev National Salvation Front negotiations Nicolai Ceausescu numbers October Opening the Border opposition groups Opposition to Communism parliament Party leader percent Petar Mladenov police Polish Politburo political parties political system Prague Spring prime minister protest Roman Catholic Church Romania ROMANIA Timisoara Bucharest Russian Securitate Sejm Solidarity Soviet Union strike suppress Tadeusz Mazowiecki Todor Zhivkov unification Vaclav Havel vote wanted Warsaw Pact Wenceslas Square West Berlin Western governments workers