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Explore the full-scale invasion of Czechoslovakia during the Brezhnev era, the impact on free speech, prominent figures like Alexander Dubcek and Andrei Sakharov, and events like the Paris riots of 1968. Learn about nuclear issues, decolonization, and influential leaders such as Mohandas Gandhi and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Lesson #8 The Brezhnev Era
Prague Spring 1968 Full scale invasion of Czechoslovakia Alexander Dubcek
Brezhnevand Free Speech Andrei Sakharov - Physicist Hydrogen Bomb Nuclear Fusion Antimatter Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Dissident Exile Alexandr Solzhenitsyn - Poet
DETENTE Soviet Eastern “Bloc” Nations
British Decolonization Mohandas Ghandi (LEADER OF THE “HOME RULE” MOVEMENT FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE)
French Decolonization PARIS RIOTS, 1968 (NEAR CIVIL WAR OVER FRENCH OWNERSHIP OF ALGERIA – LED TO NEW CONSTITUTION WITH A VERY POWERFUL PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, CHARLES de GAULE