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„Zlaté šesťdesiate“ Politický vývoj na Slovensku v 60. rokoch 20. storočia

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Sikora S.
Acta historica Neosoliensia Vedecký časopis pre historické vedy
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2014
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vol. 17
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issue 1-2
138-181
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The study discusses political developments in Slovakia in the so-called "golden sixties" – a period of certain cautious liberalization trends culminating in the 1968 attempt to reform the Soviet-style socialism in the former Czechoslovakia. To understand why there still remains such a lasting intensive remembrance of this time, one must realize it was then that the citizens of Czechoslovakia could briefly feel the whiff of freedom and democracy, after the tragic 50s characterized by brutal political oppression and social engineering, destroying all the previous material and spiritual infrastructure. This paper attempts to assess the causes of this social phenomenon – of the liberalization of Slovak social system in the years 1963 – 1967 (the so-called „Before spring“), the course of the attempt to reform socialism in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and its distinctive features in Slovakia, as well as the onset of "normalization" of social system in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia, first after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact troops in late August 1968, but especially after Mr. G. Husak became first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in mid-April 1969. The above-mentioned Soviet-style normalization of socialism in Czechoslovakia then caused an incredible moral and political marasmus which resulted in a deadlock stagnation of political, economic, social and spiritual life of society. From this lethargy was then Czech and Slovak Society roused only by the time of "Velvet Revolution" in November 1989.
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Pamětní spis Jana Pátka o aktivitách čs. velvyslanectví ve Velké Británii v srpnu 1968. (Neznámé prameny k mezinárodním aspektům Srpna 1968 – I)

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Dejmek J.
Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
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2013
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vol. 21
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issue 1
239-256
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The paper contains a critical publication of the memorial of Jan Pátek (1909–2004), Czechoslovak Embassy Counselor in Great Britain, concerning Britain’s attitude to the Soviet and Warsaw Pact invasion in Czechoslovakia in August 1968, and the atmosphere in the Embassy at that time. Pátek, who was a qualified businessman, entered diplomacy in 1948 and was appointed legacy counselor at the Czechoslovak Embassy in Washington. In 1951, however, he was fired due to his relationship to V. Clementis. After his rehabilitation in 1963 he was allowed to reenter the diplomatic service and was appointed Czechoslovak Deputy Ambassador to Great Britain. He served in that position until early 1970. Following the occupation of his country on 21 August 1968 he followed the instructions coming from Prague and tried to help Czechoslovak citizens in Great Britain in their often difficult situation. In spite of his loyalty he was forced to quit again the diplomatic service with the beginning of what is known as “normalization process”.
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Ulice a námestia československého mesta v auguste 1968

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Švardová P.
Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
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2021
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vol. 13
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issue 2
64-84
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In August 1968, the urban public space became the focal point of social change and the resistance of the Czechoslovak population to the occupation of the country by Warsaw Pact armies. With the example of several Czechoslovak cities, this article aims to contribute to the analysis of social resistance expressed through posters and slogans on the walls of buildings and through the disfiguring of Soviet war monuments situated in the urban public space.
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