First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1921-1992)
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He tried to give communism a human face, and the Soviets sent in half a million troops to stop him. Alexander Dubček's eight months of liberalization in 1968 Czechoslovakia ended under tank treads, but the memory of what he attempted outlasted the system that crushed it.
Dubček became First Secretary of Czechoslovakia's Communist Party in January 1968 and immediately accelerated cultural and economic reforms that terrified both internal conservatives and the neighboring Soviet bloc. On the night of 20–21 August 1968, Warsaw Pact forces invaded to enable a conservative coup — but no viable replacement leadership existed, and Dubček's popularity made the takeover impossible to execute cleanly. He was forced out in April 1969, replaced by Gustáv Husák, then expelled from the party entirely in 1970 during a purge that eventually removed nearly two-thirds of the 19…
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My problem was not having a crystal ball to foresee the Russian invasion. At no point between January and August 20, in fact, did I believe that it would happen.
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