HIST 3250Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Boris Yeltsin, Andrei Sakharov, Baltic States
22 Feb 2016
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1991 and the end of the soviet experiment: 1989 the turning point. Gorbachev loses control with the people"s congress of deputies (march-june. Deputies like andrei sakharov call for multiparty elections and demand for the end of monopoly of communist party. November 9, 1989 berlin wall comes down. Communist government toppled in eastern europe in east germany, The idea that they had to get rid of the wall, everyone had different reasons. We"ll be coming back for wanting the wall down (example: relatives on the other side) Within the soviet union, political leaders in the baltic republics (latvia, Lithuania, estonia) renounce their forcible incorporation into the soviet union in. By february 1991, 90% of lithuanians vote for succession from the soviet. Union in a referendum: the august 1991 coup. Yeltsin supports national movements in other republics. Transition to a market economy was difficult. Citizens being given the opportunity to demonstrate. Communist party having to share power with other.
