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

The event that preceded the revolutions of 1989 is that gorbachev made reforms in the soviet union.Mikhail gorbachev was the eight and the final leader in the soviet union. gorbachev's policies of glasnost and perestroika and his reorientation of soviet strategic aims contributed to the end of the cold war.

Where people were very broke no jobs were available and everyone was struggling