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The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It began on 5 January 1968, when reformist Alexander Dubček was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), and continued until 21 August 1968, when the Soviet Union and most Warsaw Pact members invaded the country to suppress the reforms. The Prague Spring reforms were a strong attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to the citizens of Czechoslovakia in an act of partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. The freedoms granted included a loosening of restrictions on the media, speech and travel. After national discussion of dividing the country into a federation of three republics, Bohemia, Moravia-Silesia and Slovakia, Dubček oversaw the decision to split into two, the Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic.[1] This dual federation was the only formal change that

Prague Spring - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Liberalisation in Czechoslovakia in 1968 This article is about the 1968 reform movement in Czechoslovakia. For the music festival, see Prague Spring International Music Festival . Prague Spring Part of the invasion of Czechoslovakia , the Cold War and the Protests of 1968 Destroyed Soviet tank in Prague , 1968 Date 5 January – 21 August 1968 (7 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Czechoslovakia Participants People and Government of Czechoslovakia Warsaw Pact Outcome Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Normaliza

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