Alexander Dubček
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: After becoming first secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party on January 5, 1968, Dubček led the liberalization movement known as the Prague Spring. He attempted, unsuccessfully, to move Czechoslovakian politics and economy away from Stalinist notions of Marxist socialism.
Early Life
Alexander Dubček was born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia, on November 27, 1921. His father, Stefan, and his mother, Pavlina, had returned to Slovakia from Chicago only a few months before his birth. Although he had become a United States citizen in...
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