revolutions of 1989 wikipedia - EAS
- See moreSee all on Wikipedia
The Revolutions of 1989 formed part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The period is often also called the Fall of Communism, and sometimes the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Nations, a
...
See moreDate: 16 December 1986 – 24 September 1993, …
Location: Central and Eastern Europe,Latin Ameri…
Caused by: Peaceful Evolution,W…
Methods: civil disobedience,Ref…
Emergence of Solidarity in Poland
Labour turmoil in Poland during 1980 led to the formation of the independent trade union Solidarity, led by Lech Wałęsa, which over time became a political force. On 13 December 1981, Polish...
See moreThe Malta Summit took place between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and U.S.S.R. leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 2–3 December 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a meeting which contributed to the end of the Cold War partially as a result of the
...
See moreCommunist and Socialist countries
Reforms in the Soviet Union and its allied countries also led to dramatic changes to Communist and Socialist states outside of Europe.
Countries that retained socialist-styled economies and...
See moreState run enterprises in socialist countries had little or no interest in producing what customers wanted, which resulted in shortages of goods and services. In the early 1990s, the general
...
See morePoland
A wave of strikes hit Poland from 21 April then this continued in May 1988. A second wave began on 15 August,...
See moreOn 1 July 1991, the Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague. At a summit later that same month, Gorbachev and Bush declared a US–Soviet strategic partnership, decisively marking the end of the Cold War. President Bush declared that US–Soviet
...
See moreDecommunization is a process of overcoming the legacies of the Communist state establishments, culture, and psychology in the post
...
See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - Some results have been removed