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Căderea comunismului –miracol sau fenomen inexorabil?
The Breakdown of the Communism – Miracle or Inexorable Phenomenon

Author(s): Dan Berindei
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Eastern Europe; Soviet Union; Communism; 1989 revolutions

Summary/Abstract: After 70 years of existence the „Soviet empire” collapsed. What led to the disappearence of the Soviet system was not a military defeat but its incapacity to keep the pace with the economical advance of the Western world. The breakdown of the Communism was seen as a miracle by millions of people whose lives changed profoundly. Besides this perception, the change in system was also an inexorable phenomenon imposed by the laws of history. According to these laws oppression makes people fight for their freedom and a coercitive system can function only as long as it is economically and socially viable. Once the collapse began, it could not be stopped. That was the way the Communist system broke down and all Eastern European nations won back their freedom.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2009
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 5-7
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Romanian