“The Earth is blue… how wonderful. It is amazing”
Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961 (during his space flight)
Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961 (during his space flight)
Czechoslovakia, 1968
•Had a democratic tradition
•In 1968 Alexander Dubcek became Secretary
•Gained freedom of press, assembly worship and right to strike “Socialism with a human face”
•This move threatened to spread to neighbouring Romania
•Troops from several satellite states moved in
•Dubcek arrested and relieved by Husak who followed the Russian line
•In 1968 Alexander Dubcek became Secretary
•Gained freedom of press, assembly worship and right to strike “Socialism with a human face”
•This move threatened to spread to neighbouring Romania
•Troops from several satellite states moved in
•Dubcek arrested and relieved by Husak who followed the Russian line
Summary
This was another attempt for democratic change within the satellite states. However like all the others before it was squashed quite quickly by the fearful Russians.