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‘By the late 1980’s everywhere in the Balkans Communism was in retreat and Nationalism was in ascendancy’ Discuss with reference to at least TWO countries

In order to answer this question effectively I must portray a complete picture of what was happening in the Balkan countries at the end of the 1980’s. However before I do that I shall define what makes my countries of study; Romania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, different to each other and other Communist block countries. This will allow me a context of which I can discuss how the countries particular systems collapsed in different ways. The role of the Soviet Union, especially events in Russia, played and important role in the collapse of European Communism and I shall gauge how the different Russian reforms, namely Glasnost and Perestroika, affected, if at all, my three case countries. The final days of the Communist system, and the events that predated them shall be analysed, including the extent of individual countries dissent and the role nationalism played in that dissent. Finally I shall conclude that although Communism as a regime was in retreat in the late 1980’s and nati...

Posted by: Cinthia De Ruiz

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