velvet revolution

British  

noun

1. the peaceful overthrow of a government, esp a communist government, as occurred in Czechoslovakia in late 1989

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Example Sentences

Stoppard looked to his Czech roots with this drama, connecting the Prague Spring of 1968 with the Velvet Revolution of 1989 through music.

From Los Angeles Times

Czechs and Slovaks will rally in both countries Monday, the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in former Czechoslovakia, to denounce the leaders they say have betrayed its legacy.

From Barron's

Social media became his preferred means of communication after he came to office after Armenia's so-called Velvet Revolution of 2018.

From BBC

But during the fall of Communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when independence movements gained strength throughout the Soviet Union, a series of largely peaceful protests called the Velvet Revolution led Czechoslovakia first to independence and then to a split, often referred to as the Velvet Divorce, that left two nations: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

From New York Times

The country gained independence amid the so-called Velvet Revolution, a series of popular and nonviolent protests against the Communist Party in what was at that time still Czechoslovakia.

From New York Times