IGS 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mikhail Gorbachev, Velvet Revolution, Berlin Wall
26 Aug 2016
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Most romantic of soviet rebellions, very optimistic. Peaceful, demonstrators did not fight back against police. A moment of national self-determination, reassurtion of czecho as an independent nation, free from the soviet union. Not just personally free, but govt. should be free of soviet control. After communists took control, russia (then soviet) still remained a huge land mass that continued to rule other countries. The union of the soviet socialist republics (1922-1991) Collapse of soviet soviet was driven by nationalism/sovereignty from other nations- peoples who wanted to control their own fates. Rebellions throughout the soviet union during wwii, soviet tanks put down. Always nationalism brewing under soviet control, became much more prnounces during. When pope toured, giant surgence of nationalism in poland, pride. Pope was not shy about expressing his support for labor strikes, soldiarity leader- lech walesa (trade union organizer and human rights activist) Made call for end to soviet control in central europe.
