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The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic, Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, or simply Czechoslovakia, was the Czechoslovak state from 1948 until 1989, when the country was under communist rule, and was regarded as a satellite state in the Soviet sphere of interest.
The Czech Socialist Republic (Czech: Česká socialistická republika, ČSR) was a republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The name was used from 1 January 1969 to November 1989, when the previously unitary Czechoslovak state changed into a federation.
The 1960 Constitution of Czechoslovakia declared the victory of "socialism" and proclaimed the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The ambiguous precept of " democratic centralism " – power emanating from the people but bound by the authority of higher organs – was made a formal part of constitutional law.
Jun 27, 2024 · Czechoslovaks confronting Soviet troops in Prague, August 21, 1968. Soviet forces had invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the reform movement known as the Prague Spring. (more) In the 1960s a progressively deteriorating economy discredited the government and led to grudgingly granted, and limited, reforms.
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Czechoslovakia was proclaimed a federal republic, with two autonomous units—the Czech Lands (Bohemia and Moravia) forming the Czech Socialist Republic and Slovakia the Slovak Socialist Republic, respectively—each with national parliaments and governments.
A Defining Moment in the Quest for Freedom. The Prague Spring of 1968 stands as a pivotal chapter in Czechoslovakian history, embodying a brief period of political liberalization and reform that challenged the hegemony of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.
Aug 10, 2018 · Czechoslovakia, a socialist republic since a Soviet-backed, Communist-led coup in 1948, had remained relatively prosperous but still suffered under Soviet domination. A massive granite...
