Dissolution of the USSR and Events in Eastern Europe (Grade 12 NSC Matric History): Flashcards
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Significance of 1989
Significance of 1989
Turning point leading to end of Cold War
Perestroika
Perestroika
Restructuring policy by Gorbachev
Glasnost
Glasnost
Openness policy by Gorbachev
Date USSR dissolved
Date USSR dissolved
Christmas Day 1991
Number of Soviet states independent in 1991
Number of Soviet states independent in 1991
15 states
First Polish Pope (1978)
First Polish Pope (1978)
John Paul II
Leader of Solidarity trade union
Leader of Solidarity trade union
Lech Wałęsa
Romanian dictator executed
Romanian dictator executed
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Polish general, state of emergency Dec 1981
Polish general, state of emergency Dec 1981
General Wojciech Jaruzelski
Years USSR existed
Years USSR existed
74 years