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| caption = ''Clockwise, from top left:'' Dissident leaders hold images of disappeared persons, soldiers staging in the [[National Stadium of Aucuria]], crowds breaking through police barriers in [[Kalnaspilis]], | | caption = ''Clockwise, from top left:'' Dissident leaders hold images of disappeared persons, soldiers staging in the [[National Stadium of Aucuria]], protesters in [[Katniava]], crowds breaking through police barriers in [[Kalnaspilis]],. | ||
| date = December 6, 1979 - January 8, 1980 <br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=6|year1=1979|month2=1|day2=8|year2=1980}}) | | date = December 6, 1979 - January 8, 1980 <br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=6|year1=1979|month2=1|day2=8|year2=1980}}) | ||
| place = [[Aucuria]] | | place = [[Aucuria]] | ||
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| Velvet Revolution | |||
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| Part of the Asterian Spring | |||
    Clockwise, from top left: Dissident leaders hold images of disappeared persons, soldiers staging in the National Stadium of Aucuria, protesters in Katniava, crowds breaking through police barriers in Kalnaspilis,. | |||
| Date | December 6, 1979 - January 8, 1980 (1 month and 2 days) | ||
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| Caused by | • Authoritarianism • Human rights violations • Government corruption • Censorship • Poverty • Ethnic inequality • Aftermath of the Aucurian insurgency • Consequences of the 1979 Coian economic crisis | ||
| Methods | • Civil disobedience • Civil resistance • Demonstrations • Labor strikes • Riots • Spontaneous rebellion | ||
| Resulted in | • Overthrow of the Sprogys regime • Trial and jailing of Kalvaitis- and Sprogys-era leaders • Release of political prisoners • Depoliticization of the Armed Forces • Dissolution of the NŽIRA • Ratification of a new constitution • Restoration of multiparty democracy | ||
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The Velvet Revolution (Aucurian: Aksominė Revoliucija) was a campaign of civil disobedience, civil resistance, and eventually open revolt against the authoritarian regime of Martynas Sprogys, ultimately leading to the reestablishment of multiparty democracy in Aucuria.
