When he was elected pope he was from Poland which was a Communist nation at the time. He worked to destroy Communism and under his reign the USSR collapsed.
Gorbachev
I think it was Lech Wałęsa.
Yes since Poland pulled out from communism in the early 1980's
Poland was under various forms of foreign control for much of its history. In the 18th century, it was divided and controlled by Austria, Prussia, and Russia in a process known as the Partitions of Poland. It regained independence after World War I but was subsequently occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. After the war, Poland came under Soviet influence and became part of the Eastern Bloc until the fall of communism in 1989.
The Solidarity Movement in Poland.
Usually a dictator who has forced himself into power. Stalin forced himself into power and attempted to run a communist nation, however he failed miserably.
Poland, Hungary, & Czechoslovakia.
There is no private land ownership under communism.
poland
While there were several actions that took part in ending communism in Poland, there are two distinguishable people that are often credited with this. These two people include Lech Walesa and Pope John Paul II.
The last Warsaw Pact member to come under communist control was Poland. The Polish United Workers' Party, the communist party in Poland, consolidated its power in the aftermath of World War II, officially establishing a communist government in 1947. Though Poland experienced significant resistance to communist rule, particularly during the Solidarity movement in the 1980s, it was under communist control until the fall of communism in 1989.