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By the late 1980's the Soviet Union was facing a period of severe economic decline the costs of maintaining the military, KGB, subsidies to foreign client states - further strained the moribund Soviet economy.
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev started a programme of reforms through his policy of glasnost (openness) in the Soviet Union, and emphasized the need for perestroika (economic restructuring). Though glasnost advocated openness and political criticism, at the time, it was only permitted in accordance with the political views of the Communists. The general public in the Eastern bloc were... 

Jean Gaumy 1977

WEST GERMANY. March 1977. Along the wall separating West Germany... 

Jean Gaumy 1977

WEST GERMANY. March 1977. Along the wall separating West Germany... 

Gilles Peress 1989

GERMANY. Berlin. Fall of Berlin Wall.. 

Mark Power 1989

GERMANY. East Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. East Germans... 

Mark Power 1989

GERMANY. East Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. East Germans... 

Mark Power 1989

GERMANY. East Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. East German... 

Mark Power 1989

GERMANY. West Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Emotional... 

Mark Power 1989

GERMANY. West Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. West Germans... 

Raymond Depardon 1989

GERMANY. November 11, 1989. A crack in the Berlin Wall becomes... 

Guy Le Querrec 1989

GERMANY. East Berlin. Brandenburg Gate. People celebrating New... 

Jean Gaumy 1977

WEST GERMANY. Bavaria. Near Hof. 1977. The "Iron Curtain" border... 

Leonard Freed 1989

ROMANIA. Bucharest. Revolution. 

Leonard Freed 1989

ROMANIA. Bucharest. 1989. The Revolution. The height of the battle... 

Leonard Freed 1989

ROMANIA. Bucharest. December 1989. Place de la Republique. Crowds... 

Carl De Keyzer 1988

ARMENIA. Erevan. Demonstration against central power of Moscow.... 

Carl De Keyzer 1988

ARMENIA. Erevan. 1988. Demonstration against central power of... 

Ian Berry 1989

CZECH REPUBLIC. Prague. Théâtre de la Lanterne Magique. 24.11.... 

Gilles Peress 1989

1989. West Germany. Berlin. West Berliners demonstrate in front... 

Raymond Depardon 1989

GERMANY. The fall of the Berlin Wall. November 1989.
November... 

Raymond Depardon 1989

GERMANY. Berlin.
Throughout East Germany, tens of thousands of... 

Raymond Depardon 1989

GERMANY. West Berlin. The Fall of the Berlin Wall. Between the... 

Patrick Zachmann 1989

GEORGIA. Tbilissi. 1989. Independence movement's demonstration.... 

Patrick Zachmann 1989

GEORGIA. Géorgie.Tbilissi. Zviad GAMSAKHOURDIAN, président élu... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1990

USSR. 1990. 

Abbas 1990

HUNGARY. Budapest. Meeting of the M.D.F (democratic forum). March... 

Abbas 1990

HUNGARY. Budapest. Poster says " It's over comrades !". March... 

Abbas 1990

HUNGARY. Budapest. Poster of the uprising crushing by Soviets... 

Nikos Economopoulos 1990

Bulgaria, Sofia. 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Soviet intervention. Barricades raised by the citizens... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. 1991. 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

01 1991. 

Susan Meiselas 1991

LITHUANIA. 1991. Lithuanians linger around the TV tower that... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Citizens guarding the parliament against... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Soviet Intervention. In front of Lithuanian... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Soviet Intervention. Resistance near the... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Soviet Intervention. Sales of underground... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Demonstration against Soviet intervention.... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Defying curfew, the Lithuanians guard their... 

Carl De Keyzer 1989

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Demonstration for independence in front of... 

Abbas 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. A Lithuanian on duty inside the Supreme Council.... 

Abbas 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. 1991. Soviet intervention. A Soviet paratrooper... 

Abbas 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. The victims of the TV tower shooting are... 

Abbas 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Soviet intervention. The victims of the TV... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Lithuanians mourn the victims of the Soviet... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. Soviet intervention. Funerals for the victims... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1991

LATVIA. Riga. Going to vote in independence referendum. 78% of... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1991

LITHUANIA. Vilnius. The Baltic States. March to celebrate the... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1991

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: Independence on Hold. Defaced... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 20th, 1991. Tank driver reading... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. Russia. Moscow. Putsch. August 20, 1991. Demonstrators... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 20th, 1991. "Soldiers, do not shoot... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 22nd, 1991. In the city center,... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. Russia. Moscow. Putsch. 19-24 August 1991. 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

20.8.91. Bivouacs près du Parlement. 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 21st, 1991. Eltsin supporters camping... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

20.8.91. Bivouacs près du Parlement. 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. Russia. Moscow. Putsch. August 20, 1991. Bivouacs near... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 20th, 1991. Koutouzovsky Prospekt.... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. August 22nd, 1991.

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1991

USSR. RUSSIA. Moscow. The afternoon of August 19th, 1991. Near... 
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