Stuha

STUHA (abbreviation for Studentské hnutí – Czech: student movement; also the word for 'ribbon', referencing the Czechoslovak tricolour) was an alternative, independent student movement in the final phase of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. It was formed by Prague students in the early autumn of 1989. The movement was the catalyst that mobilized the university students, culminating in the demonstration and march at Albertov [cs], and then on to the city centre, on 17 November 1989, launching the Velvet Revolution.