East Europe Rev­o­lu­tions

03.05.1982 - SOLIDARNOSC DEMONSTRATION - ... on Warsaws Castle Square, May 03, 1982. (AP-Photo)
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02.11.1988 - ARCHIV -- ZUM 75. GEBURTSTAG VON LECH WALESA, AM SAMSTAG, 29. SEPTEMBER 2018, STELLEN WIR IHNEN FOLGENDES BILDMATERIAL ZUR VERFUEGUNG - Lech Walesa, Fuehrer der polnischen Gewerks...
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23.07.2008 - Communist Party Centre (under Zhivkov), closed 1989 after end of communist era, Buzludza, Bulgaria
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27.11.1985 - Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the National Parliament at a podium bearing the state seal, in Moscow, Nov. 27, 1985. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)
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18.03.1989 - Solidarity leader Lech Walesa sits in front of a banner for the independent farmers union, Rural Solidarity, during a national congress in Warsaw, Poland, March 18, 1989. It was th...
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21.12.2016 - Karte zum Zerfall der Sowjetunion 1991: Grenzen der UdSSR, abgefallene Länder und Datum ihrer Unabhängigkeit (Wiederholung); Querformat 135 x 110 mm; Grafik: A. Brühl, Redaktion: T...
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25.12.1989 - A soldier stands guard in front of a row of tanks parked in Palace Square, in Bucharest on December 25, 1989, as the fighting between regular army and SECURIATE troops loyal to ous...
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03.06.1989 - Polish citizens register to vote at the Polish Consulate General's office in New York, NY, on June 3, 1989. Poles, who have been living under the communist system since the end of...
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24.11.1989 - Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu addresses the public from the balcony of the Central Committee building in Bucharest, Romania, November 24, 1989. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
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28.12.1989 - Burned cars testify the heavy battles. Hermannstadt (Sibiu, Rumania) was hard fought. According to the military, more than 1,000 soldiers and 500 civilists had lost their lifes. Pi...
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24.12.1989 - Rumanian flag with cut out star in Temesvar. The people's uprising against dictator Ceausescu and his henchmen in the state security service Securitate has not yet come to rest, on...
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01.01.2000 - People's militia and armed Rumanians on a tank in Temesvar. The people's uprising against dictator Ceausescu and his henchmen in the state security service Securitate has not yet c...
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25.12.1989 - Tanks and remainings of the heavy battles in Temesvar. The execution of dictator Ceausescu and his wife, on 25th December 1989, has caused great satisfaction in Rumania but no chee...
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24.12.1989 - A hospital in Temesvar, guarded by the military. The people's uprising against dictator Ceausescu and his henchmen in the state security service Securitate has not yet come to rest...
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20.08.1991 - Zehntausende Berliner demonstrierten am Abend des 20.08.1991 gegen den Putsch in der UdSSR und forderten die Weiterführung der Demokratiebewegung und die Wiedereinsetzung Michail G...
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23.12.1989 - German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (l) and his Czech colleague Jiri Dienstbier (centre) cut the barbed wire at the Czech-Bavarian border on 23 December 1989.
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25.02.1991 - Der tschechische Außenminister Jiri Dienstbier bei der Unterzeichnung. Rechts der tschechische Verteidigungsminister Lubos Dobrovsky. Auf einer Sondersitzung des Beratenden Politis...
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25.02.1991 - Pressekonferenz nach der Unterzeichnung der Auflösungs-Dokumente. Auf einer Sondersitzung des Beratenden Politischen Ausschusses am 25. Februar 1991 in Budapest/Ungarn haben die se...
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25.02.1991 - Der sowjetische Außenminister Alexander Bessmertnych bei der Unterzeichnung. Rechts der sowjetische Verteidigungsminister Dimitri Jasow. Auf einer Sondersitzung des Beratenden Poli...
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25.12.1989 - Im Herald Tribune informieren sich Soldaten am 25. Dezember 1989 über den Sturz des Diktators. Nach dem Sturz des Diktators Nicolae Ceausescu am 22. Dezember 1989 herrschten in Rum...
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24.12.1989 - A soldier takes cover behind a tank when shots are fired at him by SECURITATE forces fighting around the Royal Palace, right, in Bucharest on December 24, 1989. (AP Photo)
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24.12.1989 - Tanks are parked outside the Central Committee Buildong in Bucharest on December 24, 1989, and pedestrians stay close to the buildings, as the fighting between regular army and SEC...
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23.12.1989 - Several thousands of people staged a victory celebration in Arad, Romania, on December 23, 1989, after the Ceausescu regime was toppled. (AP Photo)
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10.01.1990 - More than 50,000 people in Vilnius, Lithuania, gather at a rally for the independence of the republic, Jan. 10, 1990. Tomorrow President Gorbachev is due to visit this Baltic repub...
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19.04.1990 - People protest against economic sanctions put by Moscow, at a rally in Vilnius on Thursday, April 19, 1990. Moscow cut oil and gas supplies for Lithuania as an answer to Lithuania?...
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02.05.1989 - Hungarian border guards cut a hole into the "Iron Curtain," May 2, 1989, opening its border with Austria and the west near Hegyeshalom, some 50 kilometers east of Vienna. Hungary b...
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15.03.1989 - About 100,000 people gather in front of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest to demonstrate for democracy on March 15, 1989. Banners read "More Democracy Now" and "Free Parties." M...
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