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In the history of Czechoslovakia, normalization (Czech: normalizace, Slovak: normalizácia) is a name commonly given to the period following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and up to the glasnost era of liberalization that began in the Soviet Union and its neighboring nations in 1987.
Normalization entailed thoroughgoing political repression and the return to ideological conformity consolidate the Husák leadership and remove reformers from leadership positions; revoke or modify the laws enacted by the reform movement; reestablish centralized control over the economy; reinstate the power of police authorities; and
1968 and Beyond: From the Prague Spring to “Normalization” by Gina M. Peirce, Assistant Director . Center for Russian and East European Studies . University of Pittsburgh . Following the Communist Party’s forcible seizure of power in Czechoslovakia in 1948,
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Nov 16, 2021 · 11/16/2021. Play / pause. Gustáv Husák – the face of ‘Normalisation’ in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia. Length of audio 6:09. Gustáv Husák | Photo: archive of Czech Radio. History...
Gustáv Husák (UK: / ˈ h uː s æ k /, US: / ˈ h (j) uː s ɑː k /, Slovak: [ˈɡustaːw ˈɦusaːk]; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989.
Nov 1, 2022 · Matthew Stibbe & Kevin McDermott. 230 Accesses. Abstract. The era of 'normalisation' following the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 is conventionally perceived as a return to hard-line communist policies aimed at totally reversing the reforms of the Prague Spring.
Jun 11, 2019 · This article tries to analyze the early stages of normalization by looking at three dimensions which simultaneously played a part in this complex post-liberal situation. Important was not only political developments in Czechoslovakia as a whole, but also more specifically the situation in Slovakia, the homeland of Gustáv Husák, both communist ...
