Gustáv Husák: Difference between revisions

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In the first years following the invasion, Husák managed to appease the outraged civil population by providing a relatively satisfactory living standard and avoiding any overt reprisals like was the case in the 1950s.

His regime was not a complete return to the heavy-handed Stalinism that prevailed during the first 20 years of Communist rule in the country. At the same time, the people's rights were somewhat more restricted than was the case in [[János Kádár]]'s Hungary and [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Yugoslavia. Indeed, on the cultural level the level of repression approached that seen in [[Erich Honecker]]'s East Germany and even [[Nicolae ~~Ceauşescu~~]]'s Romania. There was a campaign of repression by the [[secret police]] ([[StB]]) targeting dissidents represented later by Charter 77 as well as hundreds of unknown individuals who happened to be targets of the StB's pre-emptive strikes. The repression intensified over the years as Husák grew more conservative.

His regime was not a complete return to the heavy-handed Stalinism that prevailed during the first 20 years of Communist rule in the country. At the same time, the people's rights were somewhat more restricted than was the case in [[János Kádár]]'s Hungary and [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Yugoslavia. Indeed, on the cultural level the level of repression approached that seen in [[Erich Honecker]]'s East Germany and even [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]'s Romania. There was a campaign of repression by the [[secret police]] ([[StB]]) targeting dissidents represented later by Charter 77 as well as hundreds of unknown individuals who happened to be targets of the StB's pre-emptive strikes. The repression intensified over the years as Husák grew more conservative.

Starting in the early 1970s, Husák allowed those who had been purged in the aftermath of Prague Spring to rejoin the party. However, they were required to publicly distance themselves from their past actions.

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 In the first years following the invasion, Husák managed to appease the outraged civil population by providing a relatively satisfactory living standard and avoiding any overt reprisals like was the case in the 1950s.
-His regime was not a complete return to the heavy-handed Stalinism that prevailed during the first 20 years of Communist rule in the country. At the same time, the people's rights were somewhat more restricted than was the case in [[János Kádár]]'s Hungary and [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Yugoslavia. Indeed, on the cultural level the level of repression approached that seen in [[Erich Honecker]]'s East Germany and even [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]]'s Romania. There was a campaign of repression by the [[secret police]] ([[StB]]) targeting dissidents represented later by Charter 77 as well as hundreds of unknown individuals who happened to be targets of the StB's pre-emptive strikes. The repression intensified over the years as Husák grew more conservative.
+His regime was not a complete return to the heavy-handed Stalinism that prevailed during the first 20 years of Communist rule in the country. At the same time, the people's rights were somewhat more restricted than was the case in [[János Kádár]]'s Hungary and [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Yugoslavia. Indeed, on the cultural level the level of repression approached that seen in [[Erich Honecker]]'s East Germany and even [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]'s Romania. There was a campaign of repression by the [[secret police]] ([[StB]]) targeting dissidents represented later by Charter 77 as well as hundreds of unknown individuals who happened to be targets of the StB's pre-emptive strikes. The repression intensified over the years as Husák grew more conservative.
 Starting in the early 1970s, Husák allowed those who had been purged in the aftermath of Prague Spring to rejoin the party. However, they were required to publicly distance themselves from their past actions.