How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe

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The Berlin blockade
January 1947 Britain and the USA join their two zones together into Bi-zonia (two zones). December 1947 London Conference: America, Britain and France meet to discuss Germany's future. Russia is not present. January 1948 Russia starts to stop western
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The Hungary Revolution
The death of Stalin led many Hungarians to hope that Hungary also would be 'de-Stalinised'. In July 1956, the 'Stalinist' Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party, Rakosi, fell from power. During October 1956, students, workers and soldiers in Hung
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The Prague Spring
There were no riots or demonstrations but, during 1967, students and writers were complaining about the lack of freedom, and the poor performance of the Czechoslovak economy. But when Antonin Novotny, the Czechoslovak president, asked Leonid Brezhnev
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Poland
Free elections held in Poland in June 1989 were won by Solidarity, originally a banned trade union, and Lech Walesa became the first non-communist president of Poland.
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Revolutions
Revolutions in other Eastern European countries quickly followed - notably the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
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The death of Stalin led many Hungarians to hope that Hungary also would be 'de-Stalinised'. In July 1956, the 'Stalinist' Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party, Rakosi, fell from power. During October 1956, students, workers and soldiers in Hung

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The Hungary Revolution

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There were no riots or demonstrations but, during 1967, students and writers were complaining about the lack of freedom, and the poor performance of the Czechoslovak economy. But when Antonin Novotny, the Czechoslovak president, asked Leonid Brezhnev

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Free elections held in Poland in June 1989 were won by Solidarity, originally a banned trade union, and Lech Walesa became the first non-communist president of Poland.

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Revolutions in other Eastern European countries quickly followed - notably the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

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