 The harbingers of revolution were already there. Hungary's uprising in 1956. The Prague Spring of 1968. The birth of Solidarity in 1980. But what happened in 1989 was unique. This time, the revolutions were actually successful. Moscow's empire and the division of Europe were swept aside inside a year. In a new series, a team of correspondents from RFE/RL -- which was on the scene 10 years ago with historic coverage -- examines the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe and assesses the challenges facing the struggling democracies. |
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 The East: Ten Years After 1989--The Revolutions That Brought Down Communism |
| The East: Ten Years Later, Central Europe's Economic Vision Still Unrealized |
| The East: Ten Years After 1989--Euphoria Replaced By Disillusionment And Caution |
| The East: Genscher Says 1989 Was 'Deeply European Year' |
| East/West: Soros Says Transition From Closed To Open Society Imperfect |
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| Germany: How The Wall Came Down: Part One -- The Exodus |
| Germany: How the Wall Came Down Part Two -- The Politics |
| Ten Years After -- The East German Trabant |
| Romania: Inflation Could Soar To 100 Percent |
| Germany: Dresden Museum Remembers GDR |
| Germany/Poland: Goerlitz Remains A Divided City |
| Ten Years After: Germany's Lusatian Sorbs Determined To Survive |
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| Poland: Inevitable Fall Of Communism Began Ten Years Ago |
| Poland: We Won The War But Not The Peace, Says Walesa |
| Poland: Anti-Communist Movement Showed The Way |
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| Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution: A Chronology |
| Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution -- The Legacy of 1968 |
| Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution -- External Factors |
| Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution -- The Dissipation of Fear |
| Czech Republic: The Velvet Revolution -- The Road to Freedom |
| Czech Republic: Former Leaders Argue Over Meaning Of 1989 |
| Czech Republic: Former Leaders Differ On Meaning Of 1989 |
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| Hungary: Ten Years After Communism |
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| Bulgaria: 'Revolution' Was Coup Within Communist Party |
| Bulgaria: Communism Has Stumbled, Not Fallen |
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| Baltics: Three Republics Regained Independence With Fall Of Communism |
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| USSR: The Year 1989 Foreshadowed The Fall |
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| Romania in 1989: The Bloody Revolution, Part 1 |
| Ten Years After: Romania's Bloody Revolution, Part 2 |
| Romania's Bloody Revolution, Part 3: Lingering Questions |
| Romania's Bloody Revolution, Part 4: Iliescu's Story |
| Ten Years After: Romania's Bloody Revolution, Part 5 - The Aftermath |
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