Prague Spring
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The Prague Spring was a period of political and cultural opening in Czechoslovakia that lasted from January to August 1968, during which the government relaxed censorship and expanded freedoms. It ended when Soviet-led forces invaded the country in August, making it a pivotal moment in Cold War history that demonstrated the limits of independence within the Soviet sphere of influence.
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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 four other Warsaw Pact members (Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary and Poland) invaded the country to suppress the reforms.