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The Counterrevolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Nations or, incorrectly, the Fall of Communism and the Revolutions of 1989, were a series of bourgeois counterrevolutions against socialist countries. They resulted in the deaths at least 200,000 people in civil wars,[1] and poverty increased massively: 5% to 32% in the Balkans and Poland, 1% to 29% in the Baltics, 2% to 52% in the Slavic Soviet republics and Moldova, and 15% to 66% in Central Asia.[2]
| Country | Counterrevolution |
|---|---|
| DR Afghanistan | Mujahideen takeover of Afghanistan |
| People's Republic of China | 1989 Tian'anmen Square riots (attempted) |
| Czechoslovakia | Velvet Counterrevolution |
| German Democratic Republic | Annexation of East Germany |
| SR Romania | Romanian coup d'état |
| USSR | Overthrow of the Soviet Union |
| SFR Yugoslavia | Yugoslav Wars |
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- ↑ Gordon M. Hahn (2017). Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the "New Cold War". McFarland. ISBN 9781476628752
- ↑ Branko Milanovic (1998). Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy: 'Poverty; By How Much Has Poverty Increased?' (p. 68). [PDF] Washington, D.C.: World Bank. ISBN 082133994X