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The Velvet Revolution: Six Weeks That Changed a Country

17 November 1989, Národní třída, jingling keys and Havel at the Castle. How a regime that looked permanent collapsed in six weeks — and why Czechs still argue about it. A B2 text.

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Words from the text

režimregime
normalizacenormalisation (the post-1968 period)
disidentdissident
průvodprocession, march
zásahpolice intervention, crackdown
stávkastrike
hnutímovement
letákleaflet
ústavaconstitution
vyjednávánínegotiations
výročíanniversary
svobodafreedom

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