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Velvet Divorce


 

The Velvet Divorce is a journalistic term for the dissolution of the former country of Czechoslovakia into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, effective January 1, 1993.

Related Topics:
Czechoslovakia - Slovakia - Czech Republic - January 1 - 1993

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The term is used to liken this event to the Velvet Revolution of 1989 which led to the end of the rule of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the formation of a new, non-Communist government. The term itself did not catch on either in the Czech Republic, nor in Slovakia, but it is used by the international media.

Related Topics:
Velvet Revolution - 1989 - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

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