Revolutions of 1989

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historical event political revolution wave of revolutions

The Revolutions of 1989 were a wave of largely peaceful uprisings that led to the collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe and marked the end of the Cold War era.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Velvet Revolution	13
Peaceful Revolution in East Germany	7
Romanian Revolution of 1989	3
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia	2
East German civil rights movement	1
Monday demonstrations of 1989	1
Singing Revolution	1
Velvet Revolution demonstrations	1
fall of the Iron Curtain	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political revolution ⓘ wave of revolutions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Autumn of Nations ⓘ Autumn of Nations in Eastern Europe ⓘ
characteristic	civil resistance ⓘ largely peaceful protests ⓘ limited violent episodes ⓘ mass demonstrations ⓘ negotiated transitions ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Solidarity movement rise in early 1980s ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes	Gulf War ⓘ dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
describedBySource	contemporary news media ⓘ historical scholarship on the Cold War ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
followedBy	NATO enlargement to former Eastern Bloc countries ⓘ enlargement of the European Union to the East ⓘ post-communist transition in Eastern Europe ⓘ
hasCause	Gorbachev's policy of glasnost ⓘ Gorbachev's policy of perestroika ⓘ economic stagnation in Eastern Bloc ⓘ policies of Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ political repression in communist states ⓘ rise of opposition movements ⓘ weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe ⓘ
hasEffect	German reunification ⓘ acceleration of the dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ collapse of communist regimes in Central Europe ⓘ collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe ⓘ disintegration of the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe ⓘ dissolution of the Warsaw Pact ⓘ end of one-party rule in many Eastern Bloc states ⓘ end of the Cold War era ⓘ transition to liberal democracy in Central Europe ⓘ transition to market economies in post-communist states ⓘ
hasPart	Bulgarian political changes of 1989 ⓘ fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall Hungarian transition to democracy ⓘ Pan-European Picnic ⓘ fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany Polish Round Table Agreement ⓘ Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ surface form: Polish parliamentary elections of June 1989 Revolutions of 1989 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Romanian Revolution of 1989 Revolutions of 1989 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia events in Yugoslavia leading to multi-party politics ⓘ events in the Baltic states leading to independence ⓘ
hasSignificance	shift in global balance of power toward the West ⓘ symbolic end of the division of Europe ⓘ
influencedBy	Helsinki Accords ⓘ Pope John Paul II ⓘ human rights movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ
location	Baltic states ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Central Europe ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ East Germany ⓘ Eastern Bloc ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Poland ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet sphere of influence ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ
notableViolentCase	Revolutions of 1989 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Romanian Revolution of 1989
opposed	Soviet-backed regimes ⓘ communist governments in Eastern Europe ⓘ
partOf	collapse of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ late Cold War history ⓘ
pointInTime	1989 ⓘ
significantParticipant	Civic Forum in Czechoslovakia ⓘ East German opposition groups ⓘ Hungarian reform communists ⓘ Romanian anti-Ceaușescu protesters ⓘ Solidarity movement ⓘ surface form: Solidarity movement in Poland
startTime	1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romanian Communist Party → cameToEndWith → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanian Revolution of 1989

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → dissolutionCause → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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SED → facedEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Velvet Divorce → followed → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Eastern Europe → hasHistoricalEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Romanian Revolution of 1989

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Leipzig → historicalEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Charter 77 movement → influenced → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Joachim Gauck → movement → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Velvet Revolution

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Egon Krenz → oversawEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Baltic Way → partOf → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Polish Round Table Agreement → partOf → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany

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Czechoslovakia → significantEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ

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Eastern Bloc → significantEvent → Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ