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Political movements

Fall of Communism

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Europe
Politics
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Eastern Bloc
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Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
Political movements
revolutions
soviet union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nicolae Ceaușescu
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FALL OF COMMUNISM 29-3 Economic Unity 1957: European Economic Community 1960: European Free Trade Association Postwar Soviet Union Khrushchev takes effort to DE-Stalinize Remained committed Communists Revolts in Eastern Europe Soviet troops put down rebellion in East Germany (1953) Poland (1956) Hungary (1956) Budapest Czechoslovakia (1968) Prague Solidarity Movement: Polish movement against Communism led by Lech Walessa Gorbachev Glasnost: openness and willingness to discuss Soviet issues Perestroika: reconstructing and reforming Soviet system Revolutions in Eastern Europe Velvet Revolution: peaceful revolution pushing Communists out of Czechoslovakia Solidarity Movement: Polish revolution, elect Walessa as President
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