Military dictatorships in Eastern Europe in the 1990s

Bulgarian Lion

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In the 1990s, in a number of Eastern European countries after the fall of communism, a severe crisis occurred - the economy collapsed, there was hyperinflation, rampant crime, agriculture and industry were greatly weakened, there was a moral collapse, population decline, ethnic conflicts increase! And I wonder if in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and others, the army can take power to save the situation? What would lead to the staging of any coup? What would be the ideology of the coup plotters in each country in terms of nationalism, religion and attitudes towards communism? What domestic and foreign policies will they pursue - will they be more successful than those of democratic governments, and if so, in which areas and to what extent will they have the same results as those pursued in real history, or will they be more unsuccessful and if so - in which areas and to what extent? How will the societies in the respective countries react - will they calmly accept the coups, wanting stability, limiting the resistance to a narrow circle of politicians and activists, will there be mass resistance and if so - to what extent will it develop and what groups of the population will lead it - will it then lead to a civil war and how will it end? How will the West react to the coups? And how long would military dictatorships survive and how would they fall—by a peaceful transfer of power or by revolution—violent or nonviolent? And what will happen to the organizers of the coups - will they receive immunity from prosecution or will they be prosecuted by the law?
 
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In the 1990s, in a number of Eastern European countries after the fall of communism, a severe crisis occurred - the economy collapsed, there was hyperinflation, rampant crime, agriculture and industry were greatly weakened, there was a moral collapse, population decline, ethnic conflicts increase! And I wonder if in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and others, the army can take power to save the situation? What would lead to the staging of any coup? What would be the ideology of the coup plotters in each country in terms of nationalism, religion and attitudes towards communism? What domestic and foreign policies will they pursue - will they be more successful than those of democratic governments, and if so, in which areas and to what extent will they have the same results as those pursued in real history, or will they be more unsuccessful and if so - in which areas and to what extent? How will the societies in the respective countries react - will they calmly accept the coups, wanting stability, limiting the resistance to a narrow circle of politicians and activists, will there be mass resistance and if so - to what extent will it develop and what groups of the population will lead it - will it then lead to a civil war and how will it end? How will the West react to the coups? And how long would military dictatorships survive and how would they fall—by a peaceful transfer of power or by revolution—violent or nonviolent?

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Nell_Lucifer

Nell_Lucifer

That could perhaps happen in Romania during the revolution as it was the army that executed Ceausescu and with the parties that formed afterwards containing former communist members, not everyone was thrilled to say the least of having the same people in charge.
 

Bulgarian Lion

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Nell_Lucifer said:
That could perhaps happen in Romania during the revolution as it was the army that executed Ceausescu and with the parties that formed afterwards containing former communist members, not everyone was thrilled to say the least of having the same people in charge.
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And in other countries in the 90s - for example in Russia after the loss of the First Chechen War?
 
West234

West234

walmart said:
Any chance for a coup wave? I could see Serbia or Russia coming under a military dictatorship.
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It could have happened in Serbia as a reaction to the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. Russia also seems possible Yeltzen was not popular in the slightest but in my view, the Russian army is very top-down and well-structured so it is unlikely to revolt unless Yeltsin somehow totally loses control over his top military men. Maybe Albania too I do not know a ton about their history during the period but they did have a civil war in the aftermath of a failed government pyramid scheme in 1997 and then the Kosovo War in 1999 so it was quite politically chaotic at the time.
 
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