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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes new Soviet Leader
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Gorbachev drops the Brezhnev Doctrine
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Gorbachev announces major reductions in Soviet forces in Europe
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Hungary opens border with Austria. East Germans start to flee to the West via holidays in Hungary
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Poland Free elections, solidarity led government takes office
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Hungary End of Communist rule
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East German Berlin wall falls
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Czechoslovakia End of Communist rule
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BulgarianEnd of Rule by communist hardliners
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Romania Otherthrow of Ceausescu's communist regime
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Germany Reunification of East and West Germany
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Albania Free elections take place
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Yugoslavia - Croatia and Slovenia decare independence
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Belarus Declares independence from USSR
