Change in Eastern Europe
uThe USSR refused to intervene in Eastern Europe as pressures for reform grew.
uReform movements were able to oust Communist governments all across the Soviet bloc.
uIn the most
dramatic change, the Berlin Wall
was torn down and Communist East Germany
merged with West Germany, forming
a united Federal Republic of Germany.
uIncreasingly
distracted by domestic developments,
the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw
its troops from Eastern Europe and
to dissolve the Warsaw Pact.
