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colour revolution
Sign in to saveAlso known as color revolution, coloured revolution, colored revolution, colour revolutions, color revolutions, coloured revolutions, colored revolutions
political term associated with democratization
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Vinony's link graph records 568 inbound references to colour revolution, and connects out to 2018 Armenian Revolution, Russia and China.
Vinony files it under 2000s revolutions, 2010s revolutions and 2020s revolutions.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Date
- 5 October 2000 onwards
- Location
- Post-Soviet states , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (today Serbia and Montenegro )
- Caused by
- Authoritarianism Electoral fraud Human rights violations Kleptocracy Political corruption
- Methods
- Civil disobedience Civil disorder Internet activism Nonviolent resistance Political demonstration Student activism
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- revolutionary wave
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- start time
- 1986-02-22
- topic's main category
- Category:Colour revolutions
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Encyclopedic overview
The colour revolutions (also spelt color revolutions) are a series of often non-violent protests and accompanying (attempted or successful) changes of government and society taking place in post-Soviet states (particularly Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan) and the former Yugoslavia during the 21st century. The aim of the colour revolutions is to establish Western-style democracies. They were primarily triggered by election results widely viewed as falsified. The colour revolutions are marked by the use of the internet as a method of communication, as well as a strong role of non-governmental organizations in the protests.
Some of these movements have been successful in their goal of removing the government, such as:
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