[DOC] [TLE] Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametov revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: 
nen ... On November 17, 1989 (International Students' Day), riot police 
suppressed a ... In June 1990, Czechoslovakia held its first democratic elections 
since 1946. .... become the leading force behind the opposition movement in 
Slovakia. [DOC] [TLE] Revolutions of 1989 - Wikipedia [PAR] Following Poland's lead, Hungary was next to switch to a non-Communist ... On 
12 January 1989, the Parliament adopted a "democracy ... and the press; a new 
electoral law; and a radical revision of the constitution, among others. ... that 
Hungary's 1956 rebellion is a popular uprising rather than a... [DOC] [TLE] History of Czechoslovakia - Wikipedia [PAR] Post-revolution, 19891992. Dissolution, 1993. v  t  e. With the collapse of the 
Habsburg monarchy at the end of World War I, the independent country ... In 
1916, during World War I, Tom Masaryk created the Czechoslovak National ..... 
In the election of June 1992, Klaus's Civic Democratic Party won handily in the 
Czech... [DOC] [TLE] The Velvet Revolution: A Peaceful End to Communism in ... [PAR] Velvet is associated with Czechoslovakia's democratic revolution because it was 
a ... and led the group in talks with the government in early December 1989. ... 
the state's historic transition to democracy, marked by free and fair elections in... [DOC] [TLE] Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989 - Milestones in the ... [PAR] By 1990, the former communist leaders were out of power, free elections were ... 
Soviet tanks crushed demonstrators in East Berlin in June 1953, in Hungary in 
1956, ... Imre Nagy, the reformist communist leader of the 1956 Hungarian 
Revolution. ... The economic collapse of East Germany led increasing numbers of 
East... [DOC] [TLE] The Collapse of Communism [PAR] Led by an electrician named Lech Walesa the workers occupied the yards. ... In 
July 1989 Nagy (leader of Hungary during an anti-Communist uprising in 1956) 
was ... In June 1992 the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia won elections and
... [DOC] [TLE] Freedom in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany [PAR] The year 1989 began in Czechoslovakia with the Communist government's ... 
and the regime allowed Solidarity to run candidates in coming elections. .... 
created by Stalin, changed its name to the Reformed Party of Democratic 
Socialism. [DOC] [TLE] Neal Ascherson on the fall of the eastern European regimes in 1989 ... [PAR] Aug 1, 2009 ... At the start of 1989 communist regimes ruled eastern Europe. ... Strikes in Poland
, harassment of East German dissidents, a Czech playwright .... to plan the 
transition towards democracy and free elections were promised for early in 1990. 
.... in the Polish Solidarity uprising in 1980 when the workers' cause,... [DOC] [TLE] Czech Republic and Slovakia 25 Years after the Velvet Revolution ... [PAR] Sep 15, 2014 ... The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 found Czechoslovakia, just like ... The 
new elite, led by President Vaclav Havel, a playwright and a leading ... Every time
, the Social Democrats won the elections they had to look for... [DOC] [TLE] 1989 intro essay [PAR] German Communist government in the fall of 1989. During a ... What follows is an 
examination of the intersecting developments that led to the .... the way the 
regime handled the memory of Hungary's revolt against Soviet control in. 1956. ... 
In May 1990, the first free democratic elections in Hungary since the 1940s were. [DOC] [TLE] Velvet Revolution in Prague Czechoslovakia - Local Life [PAR] Afterwards, the first democratic elections since 1946 were held in June 1990, .... It 
all started on November 17, 1989 - fifty years to the day that Czech ... and the 
communist capitulation led to increased demands on the part of the 
demonstrators. [DOC] [TLE] Hungary - History - Year 1989 [PAR] Hungary - History - ... Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, 23 October 1989 (
Topham ... Hungary. The elections were won by the Hungarian Democratic 
Forum. [DOC] [TLE] Slovakia's Long Road to Democracy | History Today

Question: 1989 Czechoslovakian uprising that led to democratic elections
Answer: the "Velvet Revolution"