Revolusi Beludru

Revolusi Beludru (bahasa Ceska: sametová revoluce) atau Revolusi Tenang (bahasa Slowakia: nežná revolúcia) adalah sebuah kejadian di Eropa Tengah yang terjadi pada 1 januari 1990-an dimana setelah jajak pendapat dan voting/pemungutan suara di parlemen Cekoslowakia. Revolusi Beludru dipicu sentimen sosial dan kecemburuan akan etinitas nasional Cekoslowakia.

Yang lebih rinci mengenai latar belakang kejadian beludru di Cekoslowakia ialah pertentangan antara kaum Ceko yang tumbuh atas dasar peradaban Austria-Jerman dan antara kaum Slovakia yang tumbuh atas dasar peradaban bangsa Magyar/Hungaria. Dimana, kaum Ceko ialah kaum yang bersifat serius, tenang dan pekerja keras dan kaum Slovakia ialah kaum yang bersifat santai, periang dan religius. Satu hal lagi mengenai latar belakang Revolusi Beludru ialah perbedaan agama dikalangan penduduk Cekoslowakai yaitu kaum Protestan Ceko dan kaum Katolik Slovakia.

Revolusi Beludru sangat diapresiasi oleh unit tertinggi PBB karena merupakan bukti pemisahan suatu negara atas negara lain secara damai dan patut ditiru.

Referensi

Catatan kaki

Kukral, Michael Andrew. Prague 1989: Theater of Revolution. New York: Columbia University Press. 1997. ISBN 0-88033-369-3.
Glenn, John K. “Competing Challengers and Contested Outcomes to State Breakdown: The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia”. September 1999. Social Forces. 78:187-211. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
Holy, Ladislav (1996). The Little Czech and The Great Czech Nation: National identity and the post-communist transformation of society. Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambride University Press.
Shepherd, Robin H.E. (2000). Czechoslovakia" The Velvet Revolution and Beyond. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, Inc..
Wolchik, Sharon L. “Czechoslovakia's ‘Velvet Revolution.’” 1990. Current History. 89:413-416,435-437. Retrieved March 11, 2009.

Bacaan lanjutan

Kukral, Michael Andrew. Prague 1989: Theater of Revolution. New York: Columbia University Press. 1997. ISBN 0-88033-369-3.
Tauchen, Jaromír - Schelle, Karel etc.: The Process of Democratization of Law in the Czech Republic (1989–2009). Rincon (USA), The American Institute for Central European Legal Studies 2009. 204 pp. ISBN 978-0-615-31580-5.
Williams, Kieran, 'Civil Resistance in Czechoslovakia: From Soviet Invasion to "Velvet Revolution", 1968–89,' in Adam Roberts and Timothy Garton Ash (eds.), Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-955201-6.

Pranala luar

Velvet Revolution on web project of Institute of Contemporary History, Prague Detailed documentation, textual and visual, of the Velvet Revolution partly in English.
The Velvet Philosophical Revolution, City Journal, Winter 2010
Velvet Revolution on totalita.cz Detailed day-to-day history with key documents quoted (in Czech language only). Shortened version was used as a source for Chronology above.
Velvet Revolution on Prague-life A shortened version of the Velvet Revolution.
In the footsteps of November 17 - Czech.cz
After the Velvet, the Existential Revolution? dialogue between Václav Havel and Adam Michnik, English, salon.eu.sk, November 2008
The Velvet Oratorio An oratorio based on the events of the Velvet Revolution
Velvet Revolution Diary English translation of an authentic diary of a student participating in the revolution plus scans of US articles from that time