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Glasnost means openness. It introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs, and international relations.
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Perestroika means restructuring. This policy was also used or meant to be used as an economic reform and a way to create peace.
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An agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was signed in Washington by President Reagan and Gorbachev.
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When the head of the German Communist Party announced that the citizens could freely pass between the border, there was parties all night and a feeling of joy was in the air.
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He was the first democratically elected Prime minister of Hungary after the fall of communism.
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He was a Czech writer, philosopher, dissident, and statesman. He is known mainly for his plays, essays and memoirs.
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A retired Polish politician and labor activist. He founded and headed the Soviet Blocs first independent trade union.
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The time when East and West Germany joined together after the Berlin Wall is torn down.
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The first time elections were held on a national level in Romania for the head of state. The first elections were for the People's Movement Party.
