Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1989 yakaunza kuputsika uye kuedza kuputsika kwehurumende dzinoverengeka dzakatungamirirwa nemapato emakomonisiti, akadai seHungary, kuratidzira kweTiananmen Square muna 1989 muChina,
"Velvet Revolution" yeCzechoslovakia, hurumende yaErich Honecker yeEast Germany, hurumende yePoland inotsigirwa neSoviet, uye kuputswa kwechisimba kwehurumende yaNicolae Ceaușescu muRomania. Kuparadzwa kworusvingo rweBerlin rwemakiromita 155 pakupera kwemakumi emakore iwayo kwakaratidza kuchinja kukuru kwezvematongerwo enyika. Hondo Yemashoko yakapera mukutanga kwema1990 nekubatanidzwazve kwakabudirira kweGermany uye kufa kweUSSR mushure meAugust Coup ya1991.