Start Date
4-20-2017 12:45 PM
End Date
4-20-2017 2:00 AM
Disciplines
European History | Political History
Subjects
Czechoslovakia -- History -- Velvet Revolution (1989), Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1968-1989, Revolutions -- Communist countries -- History -- 20th century, Dissenters -- Czechoslovakia -- History
Abstract
The 1989 Velvet Revolution is fairly unknown against the tumultuous historical backdrop of the Communist controlled Eastern Bloc in the second half of the twentieth century. However, it is arguably one of the most important events in the history of Czechoslovakia and remains as a powerful testament of the power of the people. This paper explores the collaboration of university students and established intellectuals in the forty years that Czechoslovakia was controlled by the Soviets, and examines how a bloodless uprising removed one of the world’s greatest entities in a peaceful transfer of power.
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A Collaborative Work: The Role of University Students and Dissidents in Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution
The 1989 Velvet Revolution is fairly unknown against the tumultuous historical backdrop of the Communist controlled Eastern Bloc in the second half of the twentieth century. However, it is arguably one of the most important events in the history of Czechoslovakia and remains as a powerful testament of the power of the people. This paper explores the collaboration of university students and established intellectuals in the forty years that Czechoslovakia was controlled by the Soviets, and examines how a bloodless uprising removed one of the world’s greatest entities in a peaceful transfer of power.