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Which Eastern European country was the first to test Gorbachev’s spirit of glasnost by allowing independent political parties following parliamentary vote, holding a memorial service for 20,000 people who died in the 1956 uprising, reburying the premier who had led the 1956 uprising, writing a new constitution allowing free elections, and opening a border with Austria?

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Hungary

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Hungary was the first Eastern European country to test Gorbachev’s spirit of glasnost by allowing independent political parties following parliamentary vote, holding a memorial service for 20,000 people who died in the 1956 uprising, reburying the premier who had led the 1956 uprising, writing a new constitution allowing free elections, and opening a border with Austria.

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