Clyde Insider
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10th January 2023
30 years after Czechoslovakia’s dissolution: Was the Velvet Divorce a smooth affair?
The 1993 split has been viewed as a peaceful rarity amid civil unrest and revolutions in many former Soviet Union countries, while many Czechoslovakians didn’t support it. What lies behind the divorce dubbed as ‘velvet’, and is it fair to paint it in a positive light?