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Prague Spring: see Prague Prague (präg, prāg), Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. ..... Click the link for more information. and Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (chĕk'ōslōväk`ēə), Czech Československo ..... Click the link for more information. . Prague Spring(1968) Brief period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia under Alexander Dubcek. In April 1968 he instituted agricultural and industrial reforms, a revised constitution to guarantee civil rights, autonomy for Slovakia, and democratization of the government and the Communist Party. By June, many Czechs were calling for more rapid progress toward real democracy. Although Dubcek believed he could control the situation, the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries, alarmed by the threat of a social-democratic Czechoslovakia, invaded the country in August, deposed Dubcek, and gradually restored control by reinstalling hard-line communists as leaders. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The sculpture, by Ales Vesely, looks like a combination of a skeleton, a giant emaciated crow and a crown of thorns or barbed wire; it was, the inscription explained, "symbolically placed above the memorial of Jan Palach and Jan Zajic," two students who immolated themselves in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the destruction of the Prague Spring. There was more detente in 1967, when President Johnson met with Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New York; yet the much-touted "Spirit of Glassboro" was brutally dispelled by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Incredibly, there is no mention of America displeasure with India's role in the Hungarian crisis of 1956 or the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. |
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