Romanian Revolution of 1989
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| Romanian Revolution of 1989 | |||||||
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| Part of the Cold War | |||||||
 Romanian stamp commemorating the Romanian Revolution |
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| Combatants | |||||||
 Socialist Republic of Romania Securitate and other loyalist forces |
 Anti-Ceauşescu protestersRomanian army Discontented Communist party members |
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| Nicolae Ceauşescu† | Various independent leaders | ||||||
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| 1,104 deaths | |||||||
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of violent riots and fighting in late December of 1989. It started to overthrow the Communist state of Nicolae Ceauşescu.
