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| caption = ''Clockwise, from top left:'' Protesters in [[Apvaizda]] hold images of "disappeared" friends and family; attendees of an anti-government rally in [[Katniava]]; soldiers staging in [[Valerijonas Ukumarkis National Stadium|Ukumarkis National Stadium]]; rioters in [[Apvaizda]]'s [[Kūdrys Park]]; protesters breaking through police barricades in [[Kalnaspilis]]. | | caption = ''Clockwise, from top left:'' Protesters in [[Apvaizda]] hold images of "disappeared" friends and family; attendees of an anti-government rally in [[Katniava]]; soldiers staging in [[Valerijonas Ukumarkis National Stadium|Ukumarkis National Stadium]]; rioters in [[Apvaizda]]'s [[Kūdrys Park]]; protesters breaking through police barricades in [[Kalnaspilis]]. | ||
| date = December 6, 1979 - January 11, 1980 <br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=6|year1=1979|month2=1|day2=11|year2=1980}}) | | date = December 6, 1979 - January 11, 1980 <br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=6|year1=1979|month2=1|day2=11|year2=1980}}) | ||
| place = | | place = {{flag|Aucuria}} | ||
| territory = | | territory = | ||
|causes = {{*}} {{wp|Authoritarianism}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Human rights#Violations|Human rights violations}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Government corruption}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Censorship}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Poverty}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Social inequality#Racial and ethnic inequality|Ethnic inequality}}<br>{{*}} Aftermath of the [[Years of Lead (Aucuria)|Years of Lead]]<br>{{*}} Consequences of the [[1979 Coian economic crisis]] | |causes = {{*}} {{wp|Authoritarianism}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Human rights#Violations|Human rights violations}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Government corruption}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Censorship}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Poverty}}<br>{{*}} {{wp|Social inequality#Racial and ethnic inequality|Ethnic inequality}}<br>{{*}} Aftermath of the [[Years of Lead (Aucuria)|Years of Lead]]<br>{{*}} Consequences of the [[1979 Coian economic crisis]] | ||
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| Velvet Revolution | |||
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| Part of the Asterian Spring | |||
 Clockwise, from top left: Protesters in Apvaizda hold images of "disappeared" friends and family; attendees of an anti-government rally in Katniava; soldiers staging in Ukumarkis National Stadium; rioters in Apvaizda's Kūdrys Park; protesters breaking through police barricades in Kalnaspilis. | |||
| Date | December 6, 1979 - January 11, 1980 (1 month and 5 days) | ||
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| Caused by | • Authoritarianism • Human rights violations • Government corruption • Censorship • Poverty • Ethnic inequality • Aftermath of the Years of Lead • 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.
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