Annals: Series on History and Archaeology (Academy of Romanian Scientists) (Nov 2010)
THE ROMANIAN REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER 1989
Abstract
1989 was a revolutionary year in European history. Then, the socialist-totalitarian regimes (communist) in central and eastern continent collapsed, one by one. First in Poland, then in Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania. The demolition of the Berlin Wall in November 9th 1989 marked the beginning of the reunification of Europe. If the other countries in the Romanian revolution was a peaceful way, in Romania, the Ceauşescu regime removal was achieved by violence, with over 1 000 people killed. Meanwhile, the Romanian revolution proceeded radica lly, without passing through a phase of glasnosti and perestroika (reforms initiated by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev).
