The Romanian Revolution, the final and most violent act that marked the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. 🇷🇴

On December 21, 1989, Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu delivered his final speech before the Romanian people, who were weary of poverty, hunger, and repression under the communist regime. This sparked an uprising that liberated Romania from the tyrannical grip of the red party, culminating in the execution of Nicolae and his wife on Christmas of the same year.

The Romanian flag with the emblem removed became a symbol of the Romanian Revolution, signifying the end of an era of pure repression and poverty in the history of the country.

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The Romanian Revolution began in a context of economic crises and shortages in the communist bloc of Europe. Ceausescu's regime (in power as president of the Romanian Socialist Republic since 1974, and also serving as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1965 to 1989) exported food at a low price while the local population paid dearly for it. Nicolae followed the same strategy as other dictatorships and used the police as a tool of repression to silence radios/TVs, arresting anyone under the pretext of being agents acting on behalf of other governments, infiltrated to undermine the communist cause of the country. He even had his own police force called the "Securitate," one of the most brutal and repressive that ever existed.