Statements (56)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:revolution
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gptkbp:aftermath |
trial and execution of Ceaușescu
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gptkbp:casualties |
over 1,100 deaths
thousands injured |
gptkbp:commemoration |
December 22 as a national holiday
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gptkbp:community_impact |
changes in education system
increased civil rights awareness rise of NGOs impact on youth culture migration of Romanians abroad |
gptkbp:cultural_impact |
inspiration for other movements
increased political engagement formation of civil society organizations influence on Romanian art and literature memorials and museums established |
gptkbp:date |
December 1989
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gptkbp:economic_impact |
privatization of state-owned enterprises
economic liberalization foreign investment increase challenges of transition economy development of a private sector |
gptkbp:historical_context |
part of the wider wave of revolutions in Eastern Europe
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
end of the Cold War era in Romania
influence on post-communist transitions shift in Eastern European geopolitics |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Romanian Revolution of 1989
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gptkbp:international_response |
condemnation of Ceaușescu's regime
support for the revolution |
gptkbp:is_involved_in |
gptkb:National_Salvation_Front
gptkb:Romanian_Army gptkb:protests |
gptkbp:key_event |
Timisoara protests
Bucharest protests |
gptkbp:key_figures |
gptkb:Victor_Ciorbea
gptkb:Petre_Roman gptkb:Ion_Iliescu gptkb:Dumitru_Mazilu gptkb:Teodor_Melescanu |
gptkbp:leadership |
gptkb:Elena_Ceaușescu
gptkb:Nicolae_Ceaușescu |
gptkbp:legacy |
transition to a market economy
integration into European structures |
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Romania
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gptkbp:media_coverage |
extensive international media coverage
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gptkbp:outcome |
establishment of a democratic government
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gptkbp:political_impact |
NATO membership
rise of political parties reforms in governance increased political pluralism European Union accession process |
gptkbp:result |
overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu
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gptkbp:significance |
end of communist rule in Romania
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gptkbp:symbol |
freedom and democracy
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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