Czechoslovakia 1968
•Had a democratic tradition
•In 1968 Alexander Dubcek became Secretary
•Gained freedom of press, assembly worship and right to strike “Socialism with a human face”
•This move threatened to spread to neighbouring Romania
•Troops from several satellite states moved in
•Dubcek arrested and relieved by Husak who followed the Russian line
•In 1968 Alexander Dubcek became Secretary
•Gained freedom of press, assembly worship and right to strike “Socialism with a human face”
•This move threatened to spread to neighbouring Romania
•Troops from several satellite states moved in
•Dubcek arrested and relieved by Husak who followed the Russian line
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was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubčekwas elected the First Secretary of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.