Tag: Warsaw Pact

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16th June 1958: Execution of Hungarian Communist leader Imre Nagy

16th June 2020
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Hungary, Khrushchev, Revolution, Romania, USSR, Warsaw Pact

On June 16^th 1958, Hungarian Communist politician Imre Nagy was executed.

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14th May 1955: The establishment of the Warsaw Pact

14th May 2020
Tagged as: Cold War, Comecon, Communism, NATO, Poland, Socialist, USSR, Warsaw, Warsaw Pact, West Germany

The USSR and seven other European countries signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance better known as the Warsaw Pact.

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5th January 1968: Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia

5th January 2019
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Czechoslovakia, Dubček, Prague Spring, Soviet Union, USSR, Warsaw Pact

On the 5^th January 1968, the Prague Spring began when Alexander Dubček became the new First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.