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AP European History›Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe›Cold War and Contemporary Europe

The Fall of Communism

Reform movements like Solidarity and Gorbachev's openness led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Soviet control.

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Glasnost and perestroika
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9Cold War and Contemporary Europe

The Cold War in Europe
The Fall of Communism
European Integration and Decolonization
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Also called: fall of communism, fall of the berlin wall