Velvet Revolution: Czechoslovakia's Peaceful Overthrow
Riot police crush a student demonstration in Prague, igniting a mass uprising that topples the communist regime within weeks. By December 29, the Velvet Revolution forces the government to step down, ending decades of Soviet-style rule and birthing a new democracy in Czechoslovakia.
November 17, 1989
37 years ago
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Czechoslovakia
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Geschichte der Tschechoslowakei
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Ladislav Adamec
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