The event that preceded the revolutions of 1989 was Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union. His policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) during the mid to late 1980s contributed to a political climate that enabled the revolutions across Eastern Europe, including Solidarity's electoral success in Poland, the fall of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, and significant economic changes in Hungary.
Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?
Solidarity candidates were elected in Poland.
Hungary implemented a free market economy.
Communist rule ended in Czechoslovakia.
Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
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