17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Moscow, shortly after his arrival from Czechoslovakia

Eduard Arkaďjevič Vorobjov

* 1938

Soldier of the Soviet Army, Russia

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Arnošt Vošahlík, 1952

Arnošt Vošahlík

* 1946

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vošahlík Miroslav

Miroslav Vošahlík

* 1943

Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Vosáhlo 18 years old, 1960

Jan Vosáhlo

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rita Vosolsobě (en)

Rita Vosolsobě, roz. Schianchi

* 1944

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Votava

* 1965

Czech minority in the former USSR

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Young artist

Jiří Voves

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Vozáková during recording (2023)

Věra Vozáková

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Vozárová single, still named Šestáková

Jana Vozárová

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Voznica - photo on the website of the Ministry of Defence

General (ret.), Doc. Ing., CSc. Petr Voznica

* 1954

Diplomat, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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