Significant EvEntS in thE SoviEt Union and EaStErn EUropE bEtwEEn 1985-1990 timElinE
By 18cvalentine
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Gorbachev introduces glasnost
Glasnot was a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union. -
Gorbachev introduces perestroika
Peresroika was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed
The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500–5,500 km (300–3,400 miles). The treaty did not cover sea launched missiles. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. -
Jozsef Antall elected prime minister of Hungary
Jozsef Antall was the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of Communism -
Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic -
Lech Walesa elected president of Poland
Lech Walesa Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. -
Germany reunification takes place
was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity -
1st general elections in Romania
In 2007, for the first time, Romanians elected their representatives to the European Parliament. The date for these elections was 25 November.
