Velvet Revolution
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The "Velvet Revolution" (November 16 – December 29 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government there; it is seen as one of the most important of the Revolutions of 1989.
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- Civic Forum and Public Against Violence (political movements that played major role in the revolution)
- Dissolution of Czechoslovakia (peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia a few years later in 1993)
- Eastern Bloc emigration and defection
- Civil resistance
- Revolutions of 1989
- Monday demonstrations in East Germany
- Philippine People Power Revolution
- Armenian Velvet Revolution
- Georgian Rose Revolution
- Ukrainian Orange Revolution
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