Page "History of Romania" Paragraph 74

The Romanian Revolution of 1989 resulted in more than 1, 000 deaths in Timişoara and Bucharest, and brought about the fall of Ceauşescu and the end of the Communist regime in Romania.

After a weeklong state of unrest in Timişoara, a mass rally summoned in Bucharest in support of Ceauşescu on December 21, 1989 turned hostile.

The Ceauşescu couple, fleeing Bucharest by helicopter, ended up in the custody of the army.

After being tried and convicted by a kangaroo court for genocide and other crimes, they were executed on December 25, 1989.

The events of this revolution remain to this day a matter of debate, with many conflicting theories as to the motivations and even actions of some of the main players.