The communist regime of USSR led by Gorbachev was no longer willing to intervene in the eastern countries, in a time that the countries were facing increasing pressure for freedom and liberties. The success of some early uprising in countries like Hungary endeared other countries to follow suit.
In Russia, efforts to build communism began after Tsar Nicholas II lost his power during the February Revolution, which started in 1917, and ended with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
People who worked as minors had to be at work or else they would lose their job they had no freedom. They were also paid which led to the term wage slavery.
