Мирната либерална революция в България 1989 – 1990 г.
The Peaceful Liberal Revolution in Bulgaria 1989-1990

Summary/Abstract: The removal of the dictator Todor Jivkov on 10 November 1989 marked the beginning of an revolutionary process of fundamental system change – the transition from a totalitarian communist state to a liberal democracy and a market economy. This process, the driving force of which was the Union of Democratic Forces, passed the Round Table agreements, the elections to the Grand National Assembly and the violent protests in the summer of 1990 against the ruling Socialist Party, which is forced to accept the UDF leader Zhelyu Zhelev as president. The onset of opposition in parliament backed by union and student strikes, and civilian demonstrations initiated by the UDF, reached their climax in the fall with the resignation of the Socialist government of Andrei Lukanov on November 29. The political peace revolution ended with the election in late 1990 of the first UDF-dominated democratic multi-party government that has undertaken radical reforms in the economic and political system.

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