Czechoslovakia Velvet Revolution Prague November 1989 Scanned in 2020 Day of action, one day general strike, when all workers across the country came out on strike for one hour to show solidarity against the communist government. Seen here at Ústí nad Labem Wikipedia: The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 29 December 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students a

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Czechoslovakia Velvet Revolution Prague November 1989 Scanned in 2020 Day of action, one day general strike, when all workers across the country came out on strike for one hour to show solidarity against the communist government. Seen here at Ústí nad Labem Wikipedia: The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 29 December 1989. Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic.

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