Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe Flashcards
Hungarian Communist Party
MSZMP
Hungary new leader
Karoly Grosz
Free elections in Hungary
Spring 1990
Bulgaria bad leader
Zhivkov
Zhivkov is disliked because
Cronyism & Bulgarianisation (200,000 Turks expelled)
Protest Group in Bulgaria
Union of Democratic Forces (UDF)
Free Elections in Bulgaria
June 1990
Bulgaria could not distance from
Ghost of Communism
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Velvet Revolution
CZ student killed in demonstration
17 Nov 1989
CZ Civic Forum formed
20 Nov 1989
CZ new president
Havel
Yugoslavia inflation
300% annually
Tito dies
1980 - revival of ethnic rivalries
Yugoslavia first election
Slovenia - April 1990
Albania Stalinist leader
Enver Hoxha
Hoxha dies
1985
Albania free elections
March 1991