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Poland
unable to control Solidarity movement led by Lech Walesa, calls for free elections where communist leader is defeated and appoints a non-communist P. M.
Hungary
Kadar stripped of his power as Hungarian Communist Party is replaced by Socialist Party, which promises free elections
Germany
old communists in power resign, East German government orders opening of Berlin Wall and within days Germany is reunited under one leader, Helmut Kohl
Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel's supporters force communist leader out of power and elect Havel as president; "velvet revolution"
Romania
the only violent revolution, where communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu fires on opposition crowds, but later is overthrown and executed