| Description |
1 online resource (6 min.) |
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Momentous happenings ; 12 |
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World history in video.
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| Summary |
As a new era of space exploration was beginning, 1990 proved to be a year of momentous happenings in European politics, and the beginnings of equality for South Africa. Under the reforming leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviet Union was facing dramatic changes to a 70-year rule of law. Glasnost and perestroika, the Gorbachev policies of openness and restructuring were giving the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania more confidence in their demands for greater autonomy. That soon became an open call for total independence and by March, Lithuania had declared its dependence from the USSR. Subsequently, the Congress in Russia, declared a new law that Republic could secede if more than two-thirds of that Republic's residents agreed |
| Notes |
Previously released on DVD |
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Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011) |
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English |
| Subject |
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022
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Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 -- Imprisonment
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Thatcher, Margaret.
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Wałęsa, Lech, 1943-
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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022 fast |
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Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 fast |
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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 fast |
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Thatcher, Margaret fast |
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Wałęsa, Lech, 1943- fast |
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Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
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Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft) fast |
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Glasnost.
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Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
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Glasnost
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Imprisonment
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125848
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Nonfiction films
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
World Wide Entertainment (Firm), production company.
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