Prague Spring

Question 1

who was leader of ussr during prague spring

Answer 1

leonid brezhnev

Question 2

who was new leader of czechoslovakia in 1967

Answer 2

alexander dubcek

Question 3

what was dubceks views (3)

Answer 3

communist but belived in less censorship, made sure to express no interest in withdrawing from warsaw/comecon like hungary
policy of “socialism with a human face”

Question 4

when was prague spring

Answer 4

early spring 1968

Question 5

what was prague srping

Answer 5

as censorship eased under dubcek’s czechoslovakia, more ideas for reform and criticism of current gov

Question 6

what were some reforms (8)

Answer 6

curb secret police privelge, end of press censorship, free elections, opposition parties allowed, freedom to travel abroad, increase tradw with west, less state involvement in everyday life, basic huan rights and standard of living

Question 7

what was soviet response to prague spring

Answer 7

ussr suspicious of reforms, brezhnev came under pressure from east germ and poland to retaliate to avoid inspiring rebellions everywhere

Question 8

mild intimidatingactions by ussr (3)

Answer 8

• public military training on border to intimidate
• nearly imposed economic sanctions
• bargain with dbcek to ban social democartic party

Question 9

actions by ussr (4)

Answer 9

• 20th august 1968 soviet east germs poland and bulgaria invaded czechoslovakia
• 21st august 1968 warsaw pact forces arrive in prgue, no resistance
• some protests but no violence
• dubcek taken to moscow and made to abandon reforms

Question 10

consecquences of prague spring (3)

Answer 10

• brezhnev doctrine
• 1969 dubcek removed from office
• 1969 husak new leader

Question 11

when was brezhnev doctrine

Answer 11

nov 1968

Question 12

what was brezhnev doctine (2)

Answer 12

defined essentials of communism as one state party and member of warsaw pact