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Wikipedia: The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution (November 17 – December 29, 1989) was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the authoritarian government. It is seen as one of the most important parts of the Revolutions of 1989. On November 17 1989, a Friday, riot police suppressed a peaceful student demonstration in Prague.
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![[Detail of the Monument to the student manifestations of November 17th in Prague, repressed by the police, they led...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/17listopadu89_pomnik_28detail_29_s.jpg "Detail of the Monument to the student manifestations of November 17th in Prague, repressed by the police, they led...")
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![[Memorial of the student demonstrations of November 17th in Prague]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/17listopadu89_pomnik_s.jpg "Memorial of the student demonstrations of November 17th in Prague")
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