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1 Gorbachev and the Fall of East European Communism

2 First democratic election in USSR Emergence of democratic opposition
1989: First democratic election in USSR Emergence of democratic opposition Fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe 1990: Democratic elections in the 15 Soviet republics Republics push for sovereignty Gorbachev’s desperate attempts to maintain control 1991: Escalation of conflict between conservatives and democratic reformers The August coup and the paralysis of the Soviet state. Dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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8 Poland, Feb. 1989: Roundtable talks between government and opposition

9 June 1989: Solidarity wins all but 1 seat in free elections to Polish Parliament

10 June 1989: Hungarian officials open border with Austria

11 Gorbachev in Berlin, October 1989

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13 Prague, November 1989

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18 Bucharest, December 1989: Ceausescu’s last speech

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