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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 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.
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