Romanian Revolution of 1989

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Romanian_Revolution_of_1989

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties	over 1,100 killed over 3,000 wounded
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Romanian_Revolution_Day_(December_22)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:endDate	1989-12-25
gptkbp:followedBy	transition to democracy in Romania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Romanian Revolution of 1989
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Dumitru_Mazilu gptkb:László_Tőkés gptkb:Mircea_Dinescu gptkb:Petre_Roman gptkb:Ion_Iliescu
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bucharest gptkb:Sibiu gptkb:Arad gptkb:Cluj-Napoca gptkb:Timișoara
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	broadcast on Romanian television international media attention
gptkbp:notableEvent	trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu Ceaușescu's final speech storming of the Central Committee building
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Dumitru_Mazilu gptkb:Elena_Ceaușescu gptkb:Gelu_Voican_Voiculescu gptkb:General_Nicolae_Militaru gptkb:General_Victor_Stănculescu gptkb:László_Tőkés gptkb:Mircea_Dinescu gptkb:Petre_Roman gptkb:Silviu_Brucan gptkb:Ion_Iliescu gptkb:Nicolae_Ceaușescu
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Securitate gptkb:Nicolae_Ceaușescu gptkb:Romanian_Communist_Party Romanian Armed Forces (initially)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989
gptkbp:precededBy	Communist regime in Romania
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall gptkb:Warsaw_Pact gptkb:Eastern_Bloc
gptkbp:result	end of Communist rule in Romania establishment of a democratic government execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu
gptkbp:significance	last violent overthrow of a Communist regime in Eastern Europe only Eastern Bloc revolution to violently overthrow its government
gptkbp:startDate	1989-12-16
gptkbp:triggeredBy	protests in Timișoara
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_countries gptkb:Romania gptkb:Socialist_Republic_of_Romania
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4