US EditionHistory – the Most Important Events that Took Place on 17 November
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1989 - CATIFEA Revolution. The police in Prague interfere with a passive meeting of the students. The violent reaction has triggered new protests that have led to the collapse of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
It has been 36 years since the fall of communism in the former Czechoslovakia. For those who remember it, relatively recently, but a large part of the current adult population was not yet born or was in early childhood. That is why knowledge about the Velvet Revolution varies quite a bit across generations. Come and check with us what you know about this turning point in our history.
In November 1989, there was Berlin, but also Prague and Bratislava. There was the fall of the Iron Curtain, but also that of the Czechoslovakian communist regime. Thirty-six years ago, from 16 November to 29 December 1989, the Czechoslovakians gathered in mass in the streets of the country to carry out a peaceful revolution that history will remember as the "vellor revolution" in Czech and the "soft revolution" in Slovak, two twin expressions of…
Reindl was nicknamed Cicero after the famous Roman philosopher. He spent his time on team bus trips reading, often of a historical nature. In addition, as captain, he was known as a skilled speaker. This would have come in handy during the events before the home game of the highest hockey competition against Trenčín on Tuesday, November 21, 1989. If only he hadn't been in a complete trance at that moment. "We also don't want to remain indifferen…
What do you know, or remember, about the events that led to the fall of the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia 36 years ago? You can check it out in a knowledge quiz.
It's Monday and the entire general public in the Czech Republic, thanks to the holiday called the Day of Fight for Freedom and Democracy, also known as International Students' Day or the Day of Students' Fight for Freedom, is commemorating the events of 36 years ago, the Velvet Revolution, which began on November 17, 1989. The original student demonstration in Prague quickly turned into a protest against the communist regime and was brutally sup…
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