'Velvet Speech': Havel's 1990 address that foretold the breakup of Czechoslovakia
Gazeta.uz, in its 'Historic Speech' column, publishes a translation of Václav Havel's New Year's… address to the nation of 28 October 1990. In the speech, the first president of Czechoslovakia warned of the danger of nationalism and called for building a genuine federation. A year and a half later, the country nevertheless split apart.
Aziz Karimov