In 1989 the Iron Curtain was removed. Regimes that seemed as hard as rock crumbled as their subjects rejected Communism and established different forms of rule.
अतिशय शक्‍तिशाली वाटणाऱ्‍या राज्यसत्ता देखील कोसळल्या कारण जनतेने कम्युनिझमचा धिक्कार करून वेगळ्या प्रकारचे शासन स्थापित केले.