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Czechoslovakia, Prague Spring 1968 - Coggle Diagram
Czechoslovakia, Prague Spring 1968
1967 - Alexander Dubcek is appointed - Dubcek was a committed Communist who promised: “Socialism with a human face.”
In his view, Communism did not need to be as restrictive as it had been.
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the Brezhnev doctrine
If any Eastern bloc nation compromises Soviet rule or policy or threatens to leave the Warsaw Pact Russian forces will intervene. two lines read:
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background
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By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living.
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soviet fears
Dubcek’s reforms were seen as a major threat by the Soviet leader Brezhnev, and by leaders of other Soviet satellites. These fears were shared by older ‘hardline’ Czech Communists.
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They feared demands for reforms might spread to other Soviet Satellite states. In particular Ulbricht in East Germany and Gomulka in Poland were worried about containing their peoples if the Czechoslovak people were allowed these concessions.
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Even if a more democratic form of Communism might win elections in Czechoslovakia it was unlikely to in most other Soviet satellite states.
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20th August 1968
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invaded from USSR, Poland and Hungary
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aftermath
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He was downgraded (sent to Turkey as ambassador)and then expelled from the communist party altogether and an attempt made to erase him, literally, from Czech history.
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impact
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Damaged relations with Yugoslavia, Romania and China.
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