Demonstration - Letna plain - miners - support
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 26, 1989. The banner reads WE ARE WITH YOU, STUDENTS, GOTTWALD COAL MINE III KLADNO. CTK Photo
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Anti-government Authoritarian Brutal Estimated Gottwald Kladno Letna Participants Reached Regime Regular Sparked Takeover Toppled
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