Czechoslovakia and the Prague spring

Question 1

What was the impact of soviet rule on Czechoslovakia

Answer 1

Czechoslovakia’s economy and living standards declined causing Communist rule to become unpopular and Any opposition to communism was crushed

Question 2

Who was Alexander Dubcek

Answer 2

The leader of Czechoslovakia in January 1968.He was a Good friend of Brezhnev and Was a communist and supporter of the Warsaw pact
His reforms led to the Prague spring

Question 3

What was the prague spring

Answer 3

A period of time where there was increased political freedom resulting in lots of criticism towards communism

Question 4

What was Dubceks reforms

Answer 4

He wanted relaxed censorship-led to criticism and more parties
He wanted More power to be given to the parliament
Soviet control was reduced
Powers of secret police decreased

Question 5

How did Czechoslovaks respond to the reforms

Answer 5

People welcomed Dubceks reforms enthusiastically
Wrote books such as Milan Kundera which criticised communism

Question 6

How did the rest of the communist world respond

Answer 6

Prague spring horrified the older generation of czechoslovakia as they felt it would lead to the collapse of communnism
Many leaders were concerned (brezhnev)
as they felt that other communist countries would do the same