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The End of the Cold War - Coggle Diagram
The End of the Cold War
Poland
Lech Walesa became involved in anti-Communist union and lost his job after helping to lead protest in 1976
Shipyard workers at Gdansk launhced a strike in 1980, Lech Walesa climbed over the fence if the facility and joined them
In 1970, when severe food shortages provoked riots in the city of Gdansk which sparked riots
This feeling of freedom and Union spread throughout Poland, foriming an alliance called Solidarity
The Communist Russia seeked to put an end to this but they agreed to meet with Solidarity to scheduled free elections for June 1989
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The Soviet Union
Due to this coup, 15 countires under the Soviet Union moved towards independence
Gorbachev resigned the Presidency of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. One week later the Soviet Union no longer existed
In August 1991, conservative Communists in the Soviet Union staged a coup and held Gorbachev captive, hoping to pressure him into resign
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The Berlin Wall Falls
Throughtout Eastern Europe, anti-communist revolts broke out
In Czechoslovakia, a poet and playwright once persecuted by communist which then He was elected President
Overtime, new regimes took charge in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Albania
In 1989, lost of events took place in East Germany
-East German tourists visiting Hungary took advantage of newly opened boarders there to escape to Austria and West Germany
-This act embarassed Eastern Communist leaders
-On November 9th, the government announced that East Gerrmans could travel freely to West Germany
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