The Romanian revolution started in the city of Timișoara and soon spread throughout the country, ultimately culminating in the drumhead trial and execution of longtime Romanian Communist Party (PCR) General Secretary Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena, and the end of 42 years of Communist rule in Romania.

In mid-December 1989 events in Timisoara launched the revolution which resulted in overthrowing the long-term Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu. Before the dictator and his wife were sentenced to death and executed, over a thousand people were killed and several thousand injured in riots.

2009年5月22日 · The revolution in Timişoara The fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu's regime started in Timişoara, a city of Western Romania. On the 15th of December of 1989 Romanian authorities wanted to expel the reformed pastor Lazlo Tőkés, disliked by the regime because of his sermons, in which he did not omit condemnations of the regime.

1999年12月9日 · Eastern Europe's season of fairy-tale, bloodless revolutions ended in chaos, violence, and death when it reached Romania in December 1989. Determined to remain in power at any cost, Romania's...

2009年12月16日 · Exactly 20 years ago, a revolution began in the western Romanian city of Timisoara against the Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. More than a thousand people were killed in...

2019年12月16日 · The so-called "Timisoara Revolution" took place between December 16 and December 20, 1989, with December 21 becoming the first day of the Bucharest Revolution. On December 16, 1989, the Revolution that led to the fall of the communist regime in Romania started in Timisoara, according to the volume "Romania 1989-2005.

December saw the fall of one of Eastern Europe’s most brutal dictators, Nicolae Ceaușescu and it did not come peacefully. The Romanian Revolution started in the city of Timișoara on December 16, as one ethnic Hungarian pastor spoke out against regime policies. This led to massive protests and a crackdown by the military.

2024年12月19日 · Thirty-five years ago, the citizens of the Romanian city of Timisoara rose up against communism and the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. On December 16, 1989, the bloodiest revolution of the...

2022年1月23日 · Both Tom Chilton and Greg Dorey, the former suffering from self-isolation, quickly followed with similar notes: “Hi KJ, it is the Museum of the Revolution in Timisoara. His name is Traian Orban.I guess it is unique as the only …

On 22 December 1989, Romania's communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in a violent revolution and fled from the capital, Bucharest. Three days later, he and his wife Elena were...