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television

travel laws

Volkspolizei (Vopos - People’s Police)

writers

German Federal Republic (West Germany)

compared with GDR

GDR refugees arrive

and GDR’s foreign debt

and GDR’s plan to ‘sell’ Berlin Wall

and Gorbachev

Honecker visits

human trafficking from GDR to

and removal of Kádár in Hungary

television

German minority in Romania (Szelkers)

German reunification

Gheorghiu, Octavian

Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe

Gierek, Edward

Gimes, Miklós

Giscard d’Estaing, President Valéry

Giurgiu chemical plant

glasnost
(‘openness’)

Glemp, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Józef

Glenn, John

Gniech, Klemens

Godek, Maj. Bernie

Golos, Mirosława Danuta ‘Danka’

Gomułka, Władisław

Good Soldier Svejk
,
The

Goodman, Melvin

Gopkolo, Panteley Yefimovich

Gopkolo, Vasilisa

Goranov, Goran

Gorbachev, Andrei

Gorbachev, Irina

Gorbachev, Maria Panteleyevna

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich

40th anniversary of GDR celebrations

and Afghanistan

and aircraft landing in Red Square

alcohol, drive against

and Andropov

and Armenian earthquake

arms limitation agreements as objective

birth and early life

and Brezhnev

and Bulgaria

and Bush

and Ceauescu

in charge of Soviet agriculture

CIA view of

and Chernobyl disaster

and Communist Party

and Czechoslovakia

and Korean Airlines Boeing

and Eastern Bloc countries

failed coup against (1991)

and fall of Berlin Wall

family

and GDR

and GDR refugees in Hungary

and German reunification

and
glasnost

governing method

holidays in Western Europe

and Honecker

and Hungary

and Jaruzelski

and Kádár

and leaders of satellite countries

and Lenin

and Ligachev

Malta summit

and Margaret Thatcher

and non-interference in Eastern Europe

as Party boss of Stavropol region

and
perestroika

and Poland

and policy on satellite states

popularity in West

public image

and Reagan

and reductions in Red Army

and Romania

and Shevardnadze

Shultz’s opinion of

‘Sinatra Doctrine’

and Solidarity

and Solzhenitsyn

and Star Wars project

succeeds Chernenko

UN speech

unpopularity in Soviet Union

visits capitals of the West

visits Hungary

visits London

visits New York

visits Romania

visits to satellite states

visits US

visits Vatican

visits Warsaw

war games exercise

and West Germany

and Yakovlev

and Zhivkov

Gorbachev, Raisa Maximova (nee Titorenko)

influence on husband

visits Romania

visits Vatican

popularity in the West

Gorbachev, Sergei Andreyevich

Gordievsky, Oleg

Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria

Grachev, Andrei

Graham, Billy

Great Patriotic War (World War Two)

Gregory XVI, Pope

Grenada, US invasion of

Gribkov, Gen. Anatoli

Grishin, Viktor

Gromov, Andrei

Gromov, Lt-Gen. Boris Vsevolodovich

wife of

Gromov, Maksim

Gromyko, Anatoli

Gromyko, Andrei

and Afghanistan

and Korean Airlines Boeing

and Gorbachev

and Helsinki Accords

and Poland

and the Pope

made President

visits Budapest

Grósz, Károly

and Gorbachev

Grushko, Gen. Viktor

Gueffroy, Chris

mother of

Gul, Saher

Gwiazda, Andrzej and Joanna

Habsburg, Otto von

Hackenburg, Helmut

Hafizullah Amin

Hagen, Eva

Hager, Kurt

Hainburg, Austria

hairpin production

Halle

Helmand Province

Hancu, Viorel

Hanover

Harasiewicz, Wojciech

Haraszti, Miklós

Haveláclav

arrested and jailed

at demonstration

becomes President

family

manifesto for Czech opposition

and Plastic People pop group

and prison guards (
bonzaks
)

released from prison

returns to Prague

speech at Prague Castle

task to remove totalitarian system

Hegenbart, Rudolf

Heinrich, Ingo

Helsinki

Malmi Airport

Helsinki Accords on Security in Europe

Helsinki Watch groups

Hermann, Joachim

Heym, Stefan

Hírmondo
(
Messenger
) magazine

Hlavsa, Milan

Hof, Bavaria

Hoffmann, Heinz

Honecker, Edith (nee Baumann)

Honecker, Erich

40th anniversary of GDR celebrations

authority drains away

and Berlin Wall

and citizens leaving through Hungary

concern for Poland

critical of Kremlin leadership

and demonstrations

early life

and elections

family

finances

and GDR’s finances

and GDR’s foreign debt

and Gorbachev

health

and Hungary

ousted

and
perestroika

and power

in prison

and refugees from country

returns after surgery

shoot at hunting lodge

signs Co-operation in Europe Treaty

and Stasi files

visits West Germany

Honecker, Lottie (nee Grunel)

Honecker, Margot (nee Feist)

Honecker, Wilhelm

Horn, Gyula

Horthy, Adm. Miklós

Horváth, István

Hradec Králové

human rights

human trafficking

Hungarian army

Hungarian border guards

Hungarian Communist Party

Hungarian Democratic Forum

Hungarian minority in Romania

Hungarian Reformed Church

Hungarian Revolution (1848)

Hungarian Uprising (1956)

Hungary

allows rival parties

Austrian border

‘black’ economy

Bush visits

ceases to be People’s Republic

collective farms

and Danube Circle group

allows GDR citizens to leave freely

democratic elections planned

demonstrations

dissident groups

East German refugees in

foreign debt

Historical Commission

under Kádár

legalises political parties

new constitution introduced (1949)

New Economic Mechanism (NEM) reforms

nuclear weapons based in

occupation by Russian troops

problems

purges

Red Army withdrawal

retreat from communism

Romanian refugees in

secret service

testing ground for reforms

tourism

Transylvanian refugees in

troop movements on Romanian border

Husák, Gustáv

Hyland, William

ICEHCM (Romanian chemical research laboratory)

Iliescu, Ion

Illing, Hans

industry

Initiative for Peace and Human Rights

Institute for World Economy and International Relations

Institute of Religious Workers

intelligence-gathering operation, RYAN (
roketno yadernoye napadenie
)

intelligentsia

Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987)

Iran

Iran, Shah of

Iran-Contra scandal

Iron Curtain

Iron Guard

Jäger, Lt-Col. Harald

Jagiellonian University

Jagielski, Mieczysław

Jakeš, Miloš

plan to remove (operation Wedge)

resigns

Jalalabad

Jaroszewicz, Piotr

Jaruzelski, Gen. Wojciech

agreement with Wałsa for elections

and Archbishop Glemp

becomes head of government

calls referendum

consulted on Hungary

criticised by Party members

and elections

family

and formation of government

and loss of power

and martial law

meets Bush

and the Pope

raises prices

and Solidarity

stands as president

tries to discredit Wałsa

Jazz Section group

Jena, border post near

Jiu Valley

John Birch Society

John Lennon Peace Club

John Paul II, Pope (formerly Karol Wojtyła)

assassination attempt

family

meets Gorbachev

meets Reagan

meets Wałsa

and Polish government

and Solidarity

visits Poland

Jozwiak, Jerzy

Kabul

left-wing coup

Kádár, János

funeral

ousted

Kádár, Mária

Kádárism

Kalina, Jan

Kalugin, Oleg

Kania, Stanisław

Kant, Hermann

Kaolinovo, Bulgaria

Karagodina, Yulia

Kárpáti, Col-Gen. Ferenc

Katayev, Vitali

Katsch, Gen. Günter

Kaufmann, Sylvie

Kennebunkport, Maine

Kessler, Heinz

KG B

and Able Archer 83 exercise

and Afghanistan

bugs Vatican

and Bulgarian coup

in East Berlin

Maclean’s memo

and Matthias Rust

moves against corrupt magnates

and murder of Georgi Markov

and Polish elections

and Pope John Paul

RYAN (
roketno yadernoye napadenie
) intelligence-gathering operation

spies in Eastern bloc countries

Khomeini, Ayatollah

Khrushchev, Nikita

and Berlin Wall

exposes Stalin’s crimes

‘secret speech’

Kim Il-Sung

Kis, János

Kissinger, Henry

Kiszczak, Gen. Czesław

and elections

and Glemp

made prime minister

meets Wałsa

resigns

and Solidarity

Klíma, Ivan

Klimova, Rita

Ko-Ko (Beriech Kommerzielle Koordinierung - Bureau of Commercial Co-ordination)

Kocáb, Michael

Koch, Edward

Kochemasov, Vyacheslav

Kohl, Helmut

Kołakowski, Leszek

Koldunov, Alexander

KOR (Komitet Obrony Robotnikow - Committee for the Defence of Workers)

Korean Airlines Flight KAL-007

Kornai, János

Kornienko, Georgi

Kornukov, Gen. Anatoli

Korotich, Vitali

Kostov, Tchaiko

Kovács, Gyula

Kovácsászló

Kovács, Maria

Kozma, Imre

Kraków

Kremlin, the

and Able Archer 83 exercise

and Afghanistan

convinced of nuclear attack

and cost of protecting empire

and crisis in Poland (1981)

decision-makers in

and Gorbachev

and Helsinki Accords

meeting on election of Pope

and Poland under martial law

reaction to Gdask Accords

reaction to rise of Solidarity

St George’s Hall

and Shah of Iran’s regime

Krenz, Egon

and Berlin Wall

and demonstrations

and election

and GDR foreign debt

and Honecker

as new Party boss

travel restrictions eased

Kryl, Karel

Kryuchkov, Vladimir

Krzywonos, Henryka

Kühnpast, Andreas

Kukliski, Col. Ryszard

Kulakov, Fyodor

kulaks

Kulikov, Marshal Viktor

Kultura
magazine

Kundera, Milan

Kunert, Günter

Kuro, Jacek

Kwasniewski, Alexander

Labuda, Basia

Laghi, Archbishop Pio

Lange, Bernd Lutz

Lässig, Jan

Lausitz region

Lean, David

Leipzig

city neglected

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