Velvet Revolution in 1989

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Velvet_Revolution_in_1989
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Gentle_Revolution
gptkbp:casualties minimal
gptkbp:country gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:endDate 29 December 1989
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Velvet Revolution in 1989
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Perestroika
gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
Eastern Bloc political changes
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Václav_Havel
gptkb:Alexander_Dubček
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bratislava
gptkb:Prague
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:trade_unionist
mass protests
student demonstration in Prague
gptkbp:namedFor non-violent nature
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Public_Against_Violence
gptkb:Civic_Forum
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkb:Dissolution_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkb:Collapse_of_the_Eastern_Bloc
gptkbp:result end of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
transition to parliamentary republic
election of Václav Havel as president
gptkbp:startDate 17 November 1989
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Struggle_for_Freedom_and_Democracy_Betrayed
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7