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Velvet Revolution

democratization process in Czechoslovakia in 1989
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Summary

Velvet Revolution is a revolution[1]. It draws 8,719 Wikipedia views per month (revolution category, ranking #15 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Czechoslovakia[3]
  • Location: Czechoslovakia[4]
  • Commons category: Velvet Revolution[5]
  • Has part(s): Sametová revoluce v Brně[6]
  • Start time: November 17, 1989[7]
  • End time: December 29, 1989[8]
  • Point in time: 1989[9]
  • Has cause: totalitarianism[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Velvet Revolution[11]
  • Number of injured: 500[12]
  • Native label: Sametová revoluce[13], Nežná revolúcia[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Velvet Revolution has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Czechoslovakia Kolya

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX5371259
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006194-Sametova-revoluce-1989-ceskoslovensko
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Point in time → +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Location → Czechoslovakia
    End time → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 29341, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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