Features of the “Velvet Revolution” in Czechoslovakia
August 1, 2020 | Education
| • On November 17, 1989, a massive student demonstration, brutally suppressed.
• On November 18, the creative intelligentsia joins students’ actions
• Massive popular demonstrations dispersed by troops followed by arrests and repression
• Support for the opposition by the Czech Cardinal
• On November 29, Parliament cancels the article on the leading role of the Communist Party
• December 10 Gustav Husak formed the first non-communist government
• Election of the President of Vaclav Ravel
