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The Iron Curtain fell after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, followed by the Soviet Union itself in 1991.<ref>''Berlin Wall Timeline'' [http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/berlinwall-timeline.htm Berlin Wall Online]. Accessed 5 February 2008</ref>
The Iron Curtain fell after a series of events in the 1980s, perhaps best symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, followed by the Soviet Union itself in 1991.<ref>''Berlin Wall Timeline'' [http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/berlinwall-timeline.htm Berlin Wall Online]. Accessed 5 February 2008</ref>
==In popular culture==
*In the 2004 film ''[[C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America]]'', a similar "Cotton Curtain" is erected between the [[Confederate States of America]] (in that universe having won the [[American Civil War]]) and [[Canada]] for almost identical purposes to those of the Iron Curtain.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==