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Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia
The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia)
Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia
The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia)
Czechoslovakia came into existence
1918 after ww1
Czech was carried out from
Austria Hungary empire
Why we’re they able to knit together
Close cultural affinity language religion
Ethnic groups
Germans The Jews Hungarians Romanians Poles
Between what are what it was the most prosperous nation
1918-1935
Who’s emergence affected Czechoslovakia
Hitlers
Why
Durian ww2 Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia
What happened under the occupation
Thousands of Jews wer murdered while other ethnic groups suffered oppression
Who liberated Czechoslovakia
USSR troops
The intervention of USSR led to
The establishment of communism
What was the first political crises In wgat year
Prague spring 1968
Who was the first secretary of the communist part
Alexander dubcek
What did he do
He carried out anti communist political reforms
Dubcek was what
Carried away
By the time he returned what happened
They had returned to communism
Political upheaval happened in
1980s and 1970s as people protested against communism the govt opposed them
Agitation across the eastern communist bloc led to
calls for freedom
The first multi part elections was held
1989
Who emerged president 1990
Vaclav Havel
The transformation is called
Velvet Revolution
Disagreement erupted between the Czechs and Slovaks over what
Running the economy and governance
This led to
Velvet divorce
Capital of Czech and Slovak
Prague and Bratislava
