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- Created on: 27-04-16 20:32
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The end of the Soviet Union
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- The cold war was over, communism had collapsed all over Eastern Europe, 1989
- This resulted in the Hungarian frontier with Austria being opened
- Free elections were held in Poland, solidarity won
- Many east Germans crossed into Hungary, through Austria and then into West Germany
- In November the Berlin wall was torn down
- In Czechoslovakia anti communism protests were held which soon resulted into their communist government collapse in December
- December saw revolutions in Romania against corruption and cruelty, this resulted in their dictator (Nicoale Ceausescu) being executed on Christmas day
- In 1991 the Warsaw Pact ended officially
- In 1990 Germany was united again, the East and West were one country again after 45 years. This was significant in the ending of communism
- The Soviet Union was falling rapidly, the main…
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