Karel Gott, Karel Kryl, singing, national anthem, demonstration, Wenceslas Square

A brutal police action against peaceful march of students in Prague on November 17, 1989, sparked the Velvet Revolution, a series of demonstrations that toppled the authoritarian Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Pop star Karel Gott, right, and protest song composer-singer Karel Kryl sing the national anthem from the balcony of the Melantrich publishing house which served as the Civic Forum headquarters during demonstrations in Wenceslas Square, December 4, 1989. CTK Photo/Libor Hajsky ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

• Product Code
• ILEA000244402

• Registered date
• 1989/12/04 00:00:00

• Credit
• CTK / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• CTK

• Media size
• 2905 × 1835 pixel

• Resolution
• 300 dpi

• Deployment size
• 835.02(KB)*

• Special instruction
• SLOVAKIA OUT, ***FILE PHOTO*** CZECH REPUBLIC OUT
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