Prague Spring

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historical event political reform movement

Prague Spring was a brief period of political liberalization and reform in communist Czechoslovakia in 1968 that was ultimately crushed by a Soviet-led invasion.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Prague Spring canonical	31
Prague Spring reforms	3
Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	2
Prague Spring 1968	1
Prague Spring intervention	1
Prague Spring protests	1
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political reform movement ⓘ
aftermath	increased political repression ⓘ period of normalization in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
commemoratedOn	August 21 ⓘ
country	Czechoslovakia ⓘ
endDate	1968-08-21 ⓘ
endedBy	Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
goal	economic reform ⓘ federalization of Czechoslovakia ⓘ freedom of movement ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ greater freedom of speech ⓘ political liberalization ⓘ
governmentTypeReformed	Communist one-party state ⓘ
ideology	reform communism ⓘ
influenced	Charter 77 movement ⓘ dissident movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ
invadingForce	Bulgarian People's Army ⓘ East German National People's Army (logistical support) ⓘ Hungarian Defence Forces ⓘ surface form: Hungarian People's Army Polish People’s Army ⓘ surface form: Polish People's Army Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army
invasionDate	1968-08-20 ⓘ 1968-08-21 ⓘ
keyFigure	Alexander Dubček ⓘ Ludvík Svoboda ⓘ Oldřich Černík ⓘ
language	Czech ⓘ Slovak ⓘ
leader	Alexander Dubček ⓘ
location	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Prague ⓘ
opposedBy	Bulgaria ⓘ East Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Warsaw Pact ⓘ
policy	Prague Spring self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
politicalContext	Cold War ⓘ
reformMeasure	economic decentralization ⓘ increased autonomy for Slovakia ⓘ rehabilitation of political prisoners ⓘ relaxation of censorship ⓘ
result	restoration of hardline communist control ⓘ suppression of reforms ⓘ
rulingParty	Czechoslovak Communist Party ⓘ surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
significance	challenge to Soviet control over Eastern Bloc ⓘ precursor to later Eastern European reforms ⓘ
slogan	socialism with a human face ⓘ
startDate	1968-01-05 ⓘ
timePeriod	1968 ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Warsaw Pact → significantEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 → influenced → Prague Spring ⓘ

Soviet military officers → notableConflictParticipation → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring intervention

Czechoslovakia → significantEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Prague Spring → policy → Prague Spring self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Soviet armed forces → conflict → Prague Spring ⓘ

Czechoslovak Communist Party → suppressedEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia → conflict → Prague Spring ⓘ

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia → precededBy → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring reforms

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia → precededBy → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Action Programme of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Eastern Bloc → significantEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Brezhnev Doctrine → relatedConcept → Prague Spring ⓘ

Soviet Ground Forces → conflict → Prague Spring ⓘ

Alexander Dubček → notableWork → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring reforms

Alexander Dubček → movement → Prague Spring ⓘ

Oldřich Černík → participatedIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

Emil Zátopek → supported → Prague Spring ⓘ

Ludvík Svoboda → participantIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

Czechoslovak Army → notableEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Wenceslas Square → knownFor → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring protests

May 1968 protests in France → contemporaryWith → Prague Spring ⓘ

Autumn of Nations → relatedTo → Prague Spring ⓘ

Operation Danube → conflict → Prague Spring ⓘ

Operation Danube → target → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring reforms

Operation Danube → relatedTo → Prague Spring ⓘ

Czech New Wave → historicalContext → Prague Spring ⓘ

Pavel Kohout → movement → Prague Spring ⓘ

Pavel Kohout → participatedIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

The Unbearable Lightness of Being → setInTimePeriod → Prague Spring ⓘ

subject surface form: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)

Dubček → associatedWithHistoricalEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%C5%99ich_%C4%8Cern%C3%ADk → participatedIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

subject surface form: Oldřich Černík

Normalization in Czechoslovakia → hasImmediatePrecedingEvent → Prague Spring ⓘ

Jiří Hájek → movement → Prague Spring ⓘ

Jiří Hájek → participantIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

Soviet Airborne Forces → conflict → Prague Spring ⓘ

Ludvík Vaculík → movement → Prague Spring ⓘ

Ludvík Vaculík → participatedIn → Prague Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prague Spring 1968

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic → event → Prague Spring ⓘ