GUSTÁV HUSÁK – FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1969–1970)

• Authors: Štefanský Michal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The study analyses the political decisions of Gustáv Husák from his election to the position of first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in April 1969 until December 1970. On the basis of the original sources, it evaluates the development, in which important normalization measures were applied in the political leadership of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The position on the so-called anti-socialist forces in the Communist party, rehabilitations, expulsion from the Communist Party, the policy of the “ultra-leftist forces” and evaluation of the developments before and after January 1968 were changed. G. Husák’s Normalization policy was carried out under pressure from Moscow, which supported the domestic conservative forces.

Keywords

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HUSÁK GUSTÁV; NORMALIZATION; COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA; COMMUNIST PARTY OF SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 899 – 916

Contributors

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Štefanský Michal

• Historický ústav SAV, P. O. BOX 198, 814 99 Bratislava, Klemensova 19, Slovak Republic