The Berlin Wall started as a barbed wire fence and grew into a 12 foot high concrete wall. Wall became a symbol of communist tyranny. For 4 weeks people came to the Berlin wall with Sledge hammers and chipped off pieces as souvenirs. The first section of the Berlin Wall was removed on the 12th of June. The wall was officially dismantled on the 13th. The Soviet system was in crisis. “The fall of the Berlin Wall foreshadowed the demise of the communist governments of Eastern Europe …show more content…
Along with the process of wars, hostility, and alienation of people and countries, the world was becoming more connected. “Internal transformational processes cannot achieve their national objectives merely by taking "course parallel" with others without using the achievements of the surrounding world and the possibilities of equitable cooperation.”. “As you ponder all this, you come to the conclusion that if we wish to take account of the lessons of the past and the realities of the present, if we must reckon with the objective logic of world development, it is necessary to seek -- and the seek jointly -- an approach toward improving the international situation and building a new world.” “Otherwise we simply will not be able to solve a single world problem; arrange broad, mutually advantageous and equitable cooperation between peoples; manage rationally the achievements of the scientific and technical revolution; transform world economic relations; protect the environment; overcome underdevelopment; or put an end to hunger, disease, illiteracy, and other mass ills.” On the whole, our credo is as follows: Political problems should be solved only by political means, and human problems only in a humane way.. By this act, just as by all our actions aimed at the demilitarization of international relations, we would also like to draw the attention of the world community to another topical problem, the problem of changing over from an economy of armament to an economy of disarmament.. The world has changed, and so have the nature, role, and place of these relations in world politics.
Berlin Wall symbolizes unshakable thing. Just like the Berlin Wall, Russia started small. They were very deadly. The Russian government allowed more flexibility, and so did the Berlin Wall. Just like the Berlin Wall, it was massive. People started shipping down the Berlin Wall piece by piece, and Russia was degrading piece by piece. Eventually whole pieces