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Mapping the fall of communism

Map highlighting former communist countries

The events of 1989 reshaped the political world, prompting the collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe and eventually leading to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.



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1989: EUROPE'S REVOLUTION
THE FALL OF THE WALL
People storm the Berlin Wall in Nov 1989 Historic night
The magical moments when the Berlin Wall fell
How a blunder finished off the Wall
Where is the Wall now?
The day I outflanked the Stasi
A taste for the old East Germany
VIDEO DIARY
Franz Strasser Eastern journey
Franz Strasser returns to his native East Germany to record the changes since 1989
BACKGROUND
Mapping the fall of communist states
Key events in Europe's year of change
A baffling year that re-shaped the world
The walls that are still standing
VIDEO ON DEMAND
Section of Berlin Wall 'I lived next to the Berlin Wall'

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Warning sign Then and now: Revisiting the Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev and Baker recall 1989

Gunther Schabowski, Politburo Archive report: Politburo announce Berlin changes


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