Velvet Revolution

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Velvet Revolution
Part of the Asterian Spring
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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, protesters in Katniava.
DateDecember 6, 1979 - January 8, 1980
(1 month and 2 days)
Location
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
Parties to the civil conflict
Aucuria Sprogys regime
Aucuria Opposition groups
Lead figures
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Casualties
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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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Aftermath

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Commemoration