The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia: Reaction in Russia
The fifth talk on modern history is dedicated to one of the tragic moments in Russian history—the Prague Spring of 1968—and Russian society's attitude toward it.
What's inside:
00:00 Introduction.
00:46 Russians in Czechoslovakia
04:00 Czechoslovakia after 1945: Dictatorship and Repression
07:10 Alexander Dubcek: The Face of Change
09:10 Prague Spring: Fear in the USSR
11:43 Reforms in Czechoslovakia, the "Two Thousand Words" Declaration
16:27 Doubts in the Politburo: To Suppress or Not to Suppress
19:26 Intervention in Czechoslovakia, the Defeat of the Prague Spring
25:02 Russian Society's Reaction to the Invasion
30:45 A Blow to Russian Emigration in Czechoslovakia
36:28 The Brezhnev Doctrine for the Socialist Bloc
38:37 The Strengthening of the Stalinists and the Right
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7. The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1967-1969 In the documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Moscow: ROSSPEN; Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center Foundation, 2010.
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