Soviet Troops Withdraw from Czechoslovakia
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Geography
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Communism, Communists, Human Rights, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
- Date: February 26, 1990
Article abstract: The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia reestablished the independence of that nation from Soviet domination.
Summary of Event
In 1955, Czechoslovakia joined the Warsaw Pact Treaty Organization that provided for a unified military command dominated by the Soviet Union. Warsaw Pact member states were not specifically required to maintain a socialist form of government. The treaty did, however, allow Pact armies to hold joint maneuvers on the territory of member nations. In 1968, reformers within the Czechoslovak Communist...
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