Significant events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe between 1985-1990 timeline

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  • Lech Walesa elected president of Poland

    Lech Walesa elected president of Poland
    He was born 29 September 1943 is a retired Polish politician and labor activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity. The Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995.

  • Gorbachev introduces glasnost

    Gorbachev introduces glasnost
    orbachev stepped onto the world stage in March 1985 as the new leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He was different then the other. He was only 54

  • Gorbachev introduces perestroika

    Gorbachev introduces perestroika
    Perestroika, his restructuring concept, started with an overhaul of the top members of the Communist Party. It also focused on economic issues, replacing the centralized government planning that had been a hallmark of the Soviet system with a greater reliance on market forces.

  • Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed

    Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed
    Is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on 8 December 1987.

  • Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia

    Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia
    He was a Czech writer, philosopher,[1] dissident, and statesman. From 1989 to 1992, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic.

  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Berlin Wall Falls
    The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961.

  • Jozsef Antall elected prime minister of Hungary

    Jozsef Antall elected prime minister of Hungary
    Was the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of Communism. He was the leader of the Hungarian Democratic Forum between 1989 and 1993.

  • Germany reunification takes place

    Germany reunification takes place
    The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic. The East German regime started to falter in May 1989, when the removal of Hungary's border fence opened a hole in the Iron Curtain. It caused an exodus of thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Germany and Austria via Hungary. The Peaceful Revolution, a series of protests by East Germans, led to the GDR's first free elections on 18 March 1990, and to the negotiations.

  • 1st general elections in Romania

    1st general elections in Romania
    The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Romanian Parliament has two chambers.