Velvet Revolution

Velvet Revolution
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)
Location	Aucuria
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
Parties to the civil conflict
Sprogys regime  • Aucurian Army  • Aucurian Navy  • Aucurian Air Force  • National Guard  • National Police  • National Intelligence and Security Agency Opposition groups  • various protest groups and organizations  • Social Democratic Party  • any other political parties  • labor unions  • Democratic Front for the Liberation of Cutinsua  • any other years of lead groups staggering on
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The Velvet Revolution (Ruttish: 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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