february 9 , 1989 , the moment the first wall fell and the world changed radically . not unlike the most knowledgeable saw it coming . as hungary ' s defence minister in the latter beginning of 1989 , lászló horn gave the instruction to let guest east germans take his team to do a 400 - yard final run on the berlin wall , a move now considered as the beginning of the end for tight - line communism in russia .
The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989.