Romanian Revolution of 1989

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The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of protests and violent uprisings that led to the overthrow and execution of communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and the end of communist rule in Romania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist uprising ⓘ
political event ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
aftermath first free elections in post-communist Romania in 1990 ⓘ
formation of the National Salvation Front Council ⓘ
legalization of opposition political parties in Romania ⓘ
cause economic hardship in Romania ⓘ
human rights abuses by the Ceaușescu regime ⓘ
opposition to communist rule in Romania ⓘ
political repression in Romania ⓘ
characteristic only violent overthrow among the Eastern Bloc revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
commemoratedOn Romania’s National Day of Remembrance for the Heroes of the Revolution ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
deathTollEstimate over 1,000 people killed ⓘ
several thousand people wounded ⓘ
endDate 1989-12-25 ⓘ
governmentAfter Provisional government led by the National Salvation Front ⓘ
governmentBefore Socialist Republic of Romania ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
marked the end of one-party communist rule in Romania ⓘ
keyFigure Dumitru Mazilu ⓘ
Elena Ceaușescu ⓘ
Ion Iliescu ⓘ
László Tőkés ⓘ
Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
Petre Roman ⓘ
location Arad ⓘ
Brașov ⓘ
Bucharest ⓘ
Cluj-Napoca ⓘ
Sibiu ⓘ
linked to: Sibiu, Romania

Timișoara ⓘ
mainCityOfOrigin Timișoara ⓘ
mediaCoverage broadcast on Romanian Television ⓘ
reported by international media ⓘ
notableEvent Ceaușescu’s failed speech on 21 December 1989 ⓘ
capture of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu near Târgoviște ⓘ
execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu on 25 December 1989 ⓘ
flight of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu from Bucharest on 22 December 1989 ⓘ
mass protests in Timișoara on 16–17 December 1989 ⓘ
mass rally in Bucharest on 21 December 1989 ⓘ
street fighting in Bucharest on 21–22 December 1989 ⓘ
trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu on 25 December 1989 ⓘ
opposedBy Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
Romanian Armed Forces (initially) ⓘ
Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
Securitate ⓘ
partOf Eastern Bloc collapse ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
relatedTo Ceaușescu regime ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
result collapse of the Socialist Republic of Romania ⓘ
end of communist rule in Romania ⓘ
establishment of a post-communist government in Romania ⓘ
execution of Elena Ceaușescu ⓘ
execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
rise of the National Salvation Front ⓘ
transition to a market-oriented economy in Romania ⓘ
transition to a multi-party political system in Romania ⓘ
startDate 1989-12-16 ⓘ
supportedBy Romanian protesters ⓘ
dissidents in Romania ⓘ
students in Bucharest ⓘ
workers in Timișoara ⓘ
timePeriod December 1989 ⓘ
triggerEvent attempted eviction of pastor László Tőkés in Timișoara ⓘ

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Nicolae Ceaușescu → participantIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Romanian Communist Party → collapsedDuring → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
subject linked to: PCR
Romanian Communist Party → bannedAfter → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
subject linked to: PCR
Front of National Salvation → partOf → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Front of National Salvation → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Union of Communist Youth → dissolvedFollowing → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Calea Victoriei → historicalEventSite → Romanian Revolution of 1989 demonstrations at Piața Revoluției ⓘ
subject linked to: Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
University Square → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 demonstrations in Bucharest ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Revolution Square → knownFor → 1989 Romanian Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Revolution Square → associatedWith → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Autumn of Nations → includesEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Autumn of Nations in Eastern Europe → hasPart → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party → endCause → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Romanian Revolution of 1989 → commemoratedOn → Romania’s National Day of Remembrance for the Heroes of the Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Ion Iliescu → movement → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Valentin Ceaușescu → participantIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 (as a detainee and defendant) ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Sinatra Doctrine → appliedInEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania → foundedAfter → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
National Salvation Front → emergedAfter → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
National Salvation Front → cameToPowerThrough → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Council of the National Salvation Front → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Council of the National Salvation Front → cameToPowerDuring → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Gelu Voican Voiculescu → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Doina Cornea → participantIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
László Tőkés → movement → 1989 Romanian Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Dan Marțian → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Petre Roman → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Sergiu Nicolaescu → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Piața Revoluției → namedAfter → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Piața Revoluției → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Dumitru Mazilu → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Cazimir Ionescu → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Mircea Dinescu → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Nicolae Militaru → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of Romania → convenedAfter → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Royal Palace of Bucharest → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Piața Palatului → historicallyAssociatedWith → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party building → notableEvent → 1989 Romanian Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Memorial of Rebirth → commemorates → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Memorial of Rebirth → significantEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Temišvar → roleIn → 1989 Romanian Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Romanian Revolution of 1989
Mihail Lupoi → participatedIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia → relatedEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
Deșteaptă-te, române! → adoptedAfterEvent → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
President of the National Salvation Front Council → roleIn → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
National Salvation Front → foundedDuring → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ
National Salvation Front → emergedFrom → Romanian Revolution of 1989 ⓘ