1968

Politics & Power

Prague Spring

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The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro; Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), and continued until 21 August 1968, when the Soviet Union and four other Warsaw Pact members (Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Poland) invaded the country to suppress the reforms. The Prague Spring reforms were an attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization.

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10 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia - Flickr - The Central Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence AgencyPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Dopis na podporu manifestu 2000 slovMeloun1212CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Gedenktafel Dorotheenstr 27 (Mitte) DubcekOTFW , BerlinCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Gorbachev and classmates Moscow 1952UnknownCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Interview on the Prague SpringHamidahmadi853CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Josef Škvorecký Nachrichten 1968 EinbandUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Josef Škvorecký Nachrichten 1968 TitelUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Ludwig Binder Haus der Geschichte Studentenrevolte 1968 2001 03 0275.4227 (17086190655)Stiftung Haus der GeschichteCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Poučení z krizového vývojeOddělení propagandy a agitace ÚV KSČ (Department of Propaganda and Agitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslowakia)Public domainWikimedia Commons
Guide to the royal city of Prague and to the kingdom of BohemiaUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
Homburg. SpringUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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