In the history of Czechoslovakia, "normalization" is the name given to the period from the 1969 to the 80´s. It was characterized by initial restoration of which was led by Alexander Dubček (1968-1969) and subsequent preservation of this new status quo. Normalization is sometimes used in a narrower sense to refer only to the period between 1969 and 1971. When Gustav Husák became the leader of the KSČ in place of Alexander Dubček in April 1969 after the military intervention of Warsaw Pact armies, his regime acted quickly to "normalize" the country´s political situation. and JIří Hoppe.
Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its Soviet domination after World War II. It began on January 5, when reformist Alexander Dubček came to power, and continued until August 21, when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies invaded this country to halt the reforms. The Prague Spring reforms were an attempt by Dubček to grant additional rights to citizens as a part of his partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. and Jitka Vondrová.
The exhibition is a part of an international program conference Prague Spring 1968. Civil Society, the Mass Media, and the Transfer of Political a Cultural Processes that took place cooperating the State Archives of Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Czech Republic and Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic. The exhibition shows how the events of 1968 in Czechoslovakia echoed in Latvia and the Baltics. It reveals litle known facts about Latvian protests against USSR intervention in Czechoslovakia., -red-., and Na místě autora uvedena -red-