Reluctant Reformers: Zhivkov, Ceauşescu and the Moscow Wind of Change
Reluctant Reformers: Zhivkov, Ceauşescu and the Moscow Wind of Change
Author(s): Aneta MihaylovaSubject(s): History, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Zhivkov; Ceauşescu; Gorbachev reforms; Soviet perestroika; Bulgarian- Romanian relations;
Summary/Abstract: The article traces and analyzes the reactions of the Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov and the Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu to the processes taking place in the USSR in the second half of the 1980s and their effect on the relations between Bulgaria and Romania.After Mikhail Gorbachev launched his policy of glasnost and perestroika, both of them felt threatened for their power position and made hard efforts to defend it. The Soviet factor got directly involved in Bulgarian-Romanian relations in the late 1980s and proved to be of far greater significance for the fate of both countries, ultimately bringing to the collapse of the socialist system in them.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXIV/2016
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 161-180
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
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