"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace." — Ronald Reagan, Berlin, 1987
The wall fell in 1989 amid Gorbachev's policies of
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Glasnost and perestroika
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War communism and NEP
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Five-year plans
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Brezhnev Doctrine reaffirmation
Explanation
Glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) loosened Soviet control, enabling the wave of revolutions across Eastern Europe.