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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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Velvet Revolution	14
Revolutions of 1989 canonical	8
Peaceful Revolution in East Germany	7
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia	4
Romanian Revolution of 1989	3
1989 anti-communist revolutions	1
Bulgarian political changes of November 1989	1
Central and Eastern European revolutions of 1989	1
East German civil rights movement	1
Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989	1
Eastern European revolutions of 1989	1
Fall of the Iron Curtain	1
Hungarian reforms of 1989	1
Monday demonstrations of 1989	1
Peaceful Revolution of 1989	1
Singing Revolution	1
Velvet Revolution demonstrations	1
die Wende	1
fall of the Iron Curtain	1
“Wende” refers to the period of political change around the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the GDR	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 ⓘ

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Subject: Revolutions of 1989
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (51)

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

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