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The 29 pages that link to Romanian Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Warsaw PactRelated: The regime’s collapse reflected the rapid loss of communist authority among Pact members.

• Velvet RevolutionCompared with: Unlike the Velvet Revolution, Romania’s regime change involved armed conflict and many deaths.

• People Power RevolutionCompared with: Its bloodshed contrasts with the Philippine uprising’s largely nonviolent outcome.

• Revolutions of 1989Broader topic: Romania was the wave’s stark exception to the largely peaceful transitions elsewhere.

• RomaniaRelated: The revolution ended communist rule and opened Romania’s transition to multiparty democracy.

• Peaceful RevolutionCompared with: Its violence highlights the exceptional restraint that marked East Germany’s transition.

• Polish Round Table AgreementCompared with: Its violent overthrow contrasts sharply with Poland’s negotiated transfer of power.

• Enver HoxhaCompared with: Romania’s violent revolution contrasts with Albania’s later, more gradual dismantling of communist rule.

• Kingdom of RomaniaCompared with: It ended the communist republic that replaced the monarchy, decades after its abolition.

• BucharestRelated: Bucharest was the revolution’s decisive urban stage and the site of the regime’s collapse.

• Nicolae CeaușescuBroader topic: The revolution marks the endpoint of the political ascent begun within the communist party.

• Polish transition to democracyCompared with: It shows how sharply Poland’s negotiated transition differed from violent regime collapse.

• Post-communismBroader topic: It shows how the end of communist rule could involve violence and abrupt regime collapse.

• Béla KárolyiRelated: The Károlyis defected to the United States in 1981, years before the revolution ended the regime.

• Romanian literatureRelated: The revolution transformed conditions for publishing and public debate in Romanian literature.

• 1989 European Cup finalRelated: Steaua’s appearance came during the final year of communist rule in Romania.

• Ion AntonescuCompared with: It contrasts with Antonescu’s 1940 ascent, which replaced one authoritarian crisis with another.

• Márta KárolyiRelated: The revolution transformed the political setting from which the Károlyis defected and later emigrated.

• IașiRelated: Protests in Iași preceded the revolution’s decisive events elsewhere in the country.

• History of RomaniaBroader topic: It opened the transition from one-party rule to post-communist politics.

• Ion IliescuRelated: Iliescu emerged as the leading figure of the provisional government formed after Ceaușescu’s fall.

• TimișoaraNarrower topic: Protests in Timișoara began the events that spread across the country.

• Herta MüllerRelated: Its overthrow ended the regime Müller had resisted before leaving Romania.

• Romanian New WaveNarrower topic: The movement’s social landscape grew from the upheaval and unresolved legacies of this transition.

• Sinatra DoctrineBroader topic: Romania’s upheaval unfolded without Soviet intervention to rescue its regime.

• 1991 Soviet coup attemptCompared with: Its violent overthrow contrasts with the largely nonviolent resistance that defeated the Moscow coup.

• History of TransylvaniaBroader topic: The revolution began in Timișoara, a city in the broader historical region of Transylvania.

• Kate AdieRelated: Adie reported from Romania as the uprising and violent aftermath unfolded.

• Second WorldBroader topic: It illustrates the rapid collapse of communist rule near the Second World's end.