Person1921 – 1992
Alexander Dubček
First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1968–1969) who led the Prague Spring reforms under the banner of “socialism with a human face”
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Czechoslovakia’s Dubček launched reforms, including press freedom, under the banner of “socialism with a human face”, but Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union invaded and crushed them.
People who appear alongside
- Leonid Brezhnev1906 – 1982
Soviet leader (1964–1982) who crushed the Prague Spring (the Brezhnev Doctrine) and presided over both détente and the invasion of Afghanistan
Themes this person appears in
- The Cold War1945 – 1991
From Yalta to the dissolution of the Soviet Union — half a century in which two blocs led by the US and the USSR divided the world