Demonstration - keys - bells - Letna

A brutal police action against peaceful march of students in Prague on November 17, 1989, sparked the Velvet Revolution, a series of demonstrations that toppled the authoritarian Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. The number of participants in the regular anti-government demonstration at Letna plain in Prague reached an estimated 800, 000 people on November 25 and 26, 1989. A symbolic element of the demonstrations was the jingling of keys and bells, to symbolize the unlocking of doors. CTK Photo

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Anti-government Authoritarian Bells Brutal Element Estimated Jingling Keys Letna Participants Reached Regime Regular Sparked Symbolize Takeover Toppled Unlocking

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