Word: havelent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Czechoslovakian revolution emphasizedethics, nonviolence and moral solidarity, largelyas a result of Havel essays like "Power of thePowerless" and "Letter to Dr. Gustav Husak...
After the Czechoslovakians broke free from theCommunists, Havel, as the leader of therevolutionary movement, was appointed president ofCzechoslovakia. That post, more figurehead thanpolitical, enabled Havel to represent the republicbefore foreign governments...
When Czechoslovakia split into the CzechRepublic and Slovakia, Havel became president ofthe Czech Republic...
...Havel became even more outspoken in the 1970s.He was an original signer and chief spokespersonfor the Charter-77 movement, which described Czechcitizen's criticisms of the autocratic government...
Since dissidents were silenced by the Communistgovernment, Havel's work could not be published inCzechoslovakia and his plays were banned from thecountry, yet still influenced the revolutionariesfrom afar...