This was the case for the Central and Eastern Europeans, from Solidarność in Poland to the Velvet Revolution in Prague, from the Baltic independence movements to the Hungarians who first opened the Iron Curtain, in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nii oli see 1980ndatel ja 1990ndatel Kesk- ja Ida-Euroopas, alates Solidaarsusest Poolas kuni sametrevolutsioonini Prahas, alates Balti iseseisvusliikumistest kuni ungarlasteni, kes esimesena langetasid raudse eesriide.