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Revolution of 1973
Part of the Cold War
Date 5 June 1973 – 7 November 1974
Location Central and Eastern Europe
Causes
  • Authoritarianism
  • Corruption
  • Soviet military occupation
  • Totalitarianism
  • Communism
  • Iron Curtain
  • Religious persecution
  • Political abuse of psychiatry
  • Political repression
  • Poverty
  • Forced labour
  • State murder
  • Terrorism
Goals
  • Economic freedom
  • European integration
  • Free elections
  • Free market economy
  • Freedom of the media
  • Freedom of movement
  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom of speech
  • Human rights
  • Labour rights
  • Liberal democracy
  • Social democracy
  • Esceosian reunification
Result
  • Peaceful transfer to the non-Communist government in East Esceosia
  • Change in Cold War policies
  • Esceosian reunification
  • Esceosian withdrawal from the Eurasian Pact
  • Intesification of the process of European integration
  • Expansion of the Internet into East Esceosian territory
  • The spread of American culture and capitalism to the previously sealed-off East Esceosia, such as entry of McDonald's
Parties to the civil conflict
Citizens of East Esceosia

The Revolution of 1973 was a revolution that resulted in the end of Communist rule in East Esceosia and the reunification of Esceosia in 1974. This period is sometimes called the Esceosian Autumn, a play on the term "Esceosian Spring" sometimes used to describe the Esceosian revolution of 1848.

Leadup to revolution[]

In the middle of the 1970s, people in East Esceosia were demanding more autonomy from Moscow, and the Kremlin was losing some of its control over certain regions and elements in the Soviet Union. In June 1973, the people were fed up with the totalitarian rule, so peaceful protests started throughout East Esceosia, however when the people of Ávmi fired on the people during the protest, the peaceful revolution turned into a violent one.

Collapse and reunification, from July 1973 to August 1974[]

Momemntum towards full blown revolution began after that in July 1974, when the revolutionaries began fighting against the Ávmi's people and demanded the reunification of the nation. In order to support themselves, there was an extensive use of campaings of civil resistance, demostrating popular opposition to the continuation of one-party rule and contributing to the pressure for change. East Esceosia dismantled its section of the physical Iron Curtain, leading to a mass exodus of East Esceosians through the borders...

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