Vaclav Havel - Vaclav Maly - Alexander Dubcek

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. Prague Spring 1968 leader Alexander Dubcek, left, Vaclav Havel, second from left, and the last communist premier Ladislav Adamec, third from left, listen as the Civic Forum speaker Vaclav Maly, right, addresses people during a demonstration at Letna plain in Prague on November 26, 1989. The number of participants reached an estimated 800, 000 people on November 25 and 26. CTK Photo

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Adamec Addresses Authoritarian Brutal Civic Dubcek Estimated Forum Havel Ladislav Letna Listen Maly Participants Reached Regime Sparked Speaker Takeover Toppled Vaclav

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