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Modern Russia and Eastern Europe

Modern Russia and Eastern Europe. Boris Yeltsin. Wanted to reform the economy using “shock therapy” but inflation rose drastically. Chechnya. 1991 declared independence but Yeltsin refused. Poland.

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Modern Russia and Eastern Europe

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  1. Modern Russia and Eastern Europe

  2. Boris Yeltsin • Wanted to reform the economy using “shock therapy” but inflation rose drastically

  3. Chechnya • 1991 declared independence but Yeltsin refused

  4. Poland • 1989 Poles voted out Communists and brought in national hero and Solidarity candidate Lech Walesa • The country attempted to revive itself economically but like Russia struggled with inflation

  5. Hungary • Inspired by Poland called for change • Encouraged private enterprises to stimulate economy • 1989 Communists dissolved government

  6. Germany Reunifies • East Germans were not permitted to leave for the West • By 1989 huge demonstrations broke out in East Germany • President Reagan demanded Gorbachev to tear down the wall • Berlin Wall was opened and people poured through • Communism fell in East Germany and allowed for reunification- 1990

  7. Germany Post Reunification • East Germany had to be rebuilt including its economy • Germany has one of the largest economies in the world and has been working to fight inflation and high unemployment

  8. Czechoslovakia • 1989 demonstrators demanded democracy • Government attacked demonstrators • 500,000 protesters gathered • Within hours the government resigned • Due to the economy they formed two countries • Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993

  9. Romania • Demonstrations to end Communism met with violence • 1990 first free general elections were held • Economy has suffered due to corruption and crime • Moved away from a state controlled economy

  10. Yugoslavia • Many Ethnic differences in country • Republics in Yugoslavia started to declare independence Slobodan Milosevic invaded and started a bloody war • Ethnic Cleansing to rid Bosnia of its Muslim population • Peace was brokered between the warring factions in 1996

  11. What’s in common? • Push toward a market economy • Rise of Democracy across Europe

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