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Velvet Revolution

Velvet Revolution. Vojtěch Šmahel I4A/S2. Velvet Revolution. What is velvet revolution ??

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Velvet Revolution

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  1. Velvet Revolution Vojtěch Šmahel I4A/S2

  2. Velvet Revolution • Whatis velvet revolution?? • The Velvet Revolution (November 17 – December 29, 1989) was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government.It is seen as one of the most important parts of the Revolutions of 1989.

  3. Velvet Revolution • As timewent?: • On November 17, 1989, a Friday, riot police suppressed a peaceful student demonstration in Prague. That event sparked a series of popular demonstrations from November 19 to late December. By November 20 the number of peaceful protesters assembled in Prague had swollen from 200,000 the previous day to an estimated half-million. A two-hour general strike, involving all citizens of Czechoslovakia, was held on November 27.the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced on November 28 that it would relinquish power and dismantle the single-party state. Barbed wire and other obstructions were removed from the border with West Germany and Austria in early December. On December 10, President GustávHusák appointed the first largely non-Communist government in Czechoslovakia since 1948, and resigned. Alexander Dubček was elected speaker of the federal parliament on December 28 and Václav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29, 1989.

  4. Velvet Revolution • Afterrevolution: • In June 1990 Czechoslovakia held its first democratic elections since 1946. The term Velvet Revolution was used internationally to describe the revolution, although the Czech side also used the term internally. After the dissolution of the nation in 1993, Slovakia used the term Gentle Revolution, the term that Slovaks used for the revolution from the beginning. The Czech Republic continues to refer to the event as the Velvet Revolution.

  5. Velvet Revolution • Whythename? • Because it was quiet, without using weapons or other means.

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  7. Velvet Revolution • Resources? • www.wikipedia.org • Bridge- magazineforstudents

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