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Alexander Dubček 1921–92

1921–92

Mark Rathbone looks at the life and political career of Alexander Dubček and considers why the reforms he introduced in Czechoslovakia ended in failure

Source A Alexander Dubček speaking at a conference

1 Read Sources B and C.

a In Source B, Dubček claims that the changes he announced were ‘progressive thinking and acts’ brought about ‘with the communists in the vanguard’. In contrast, in Source C, the five Communist Party officials characterise the reforms as ‘attacks on socialism’, ‘right-wing’ and ‘counterrevolutionary’. Do you think that Dubček was trying to improve communism or destroy it?

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