Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 1989 ya kawo rushewa da kuma yunkurin rushe gwamnatoci da dama da jam'iyyun kwaminisanci ke jagoranta, kamar a Hungary, zanga-zangar Tiananmen Square na 1989 a China, da
Czechoslovak "Velvet Revolution", gwamnatin Jamus ta Gabas ta Erich Honecker, gwamnatin Poland da Soviet ta goyi baya, da kuma juyin mulkin mulkin Nicolae Ceaușescu a Romania. Rushewar katangar Berlin mai tsawon kilomita 155, a ƙarshen shekarun da suka gabata, ya nuna alamar sauye-sauyen yanayin ƙasa. Yaƙin Cold ya ƙare a farkon shekarun 1990 tare da nasarar sake haɗuwa da Jamus da kuma mutuwar USSR bayan juyin mulkin Agusta na 1991.