Czech 'Velvet Revolution': the turning point in 1989
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Velvet Revolution
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Czech Republic Travel Skills: Learn About the Velvet Revolution
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'This Is Exploding': Journalists Recall Hectic Days Of Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 16 November to 29 December 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia combined students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent dismantling of the planned economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic.