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| Arrest of Czech Dissidents Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych |  |
| 20th Aug Soviet forces arrest reform leaders, end of "socialism with a human face" |
| Arrest of Dubcek Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 20th Aug Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, ss taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue |
| Award Lenin Prize Aleksandrov Aleksandrov, Anatoly Petrovich | |
| Awarded the Lenin Prize |
| Brezhnev Doctrine Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| Death of Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, Yuri Alexeyevich | |
| Death of Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin |
| Death of Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich | |
| Death of Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky |
| Declaration of Bratislava Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a "bourgeois" system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The Bratislava Declaration ffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism & proletarian internationalism & declares an implacable struggle against "bourgeois" ideology and all "antisocialist" forces |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| Diplomacy Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow The Brezhnev Doctrine is used to interfere in the affairs of the Warsaw Pact |
| 2nd Sep Moscow Russia tells West Germany to stop exerting itself in East Europe & hints at invasion |
| Doctrine Brezhnev Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| Moscow Entitles the Soviet Union to interfere in the affairs of the Warsaw Pact |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The policy of Russia to demand socialist governments of its Satellite states wihin the "Eastern Bloc" (through military force if needed) becomes known as the Brezhnev Doctrine |
| Head Construction Dept Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Sverdlosk Appointed Head of the Construction Department |
| Invasion of Czech Dubcek, Alexander |  |
| 20th Aug Russian troops & vehicles cross the Czech border at 18 points without any resistance |
| 16th Oct Russia & Czech sign a treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech |
| Invasion of Czech Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 16th Aug A Politburo passes a resolution to "provide help to the Communist Party and people of Czechoslovakia through military force" |
| 20th Aug At the 14th KSC Party Congress (conducted secretly, immediately following the intervention), it was emphasised that no member of the leadership had invited Russian intervention |
| 20th Aug The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 20th Aug Moscow End of "socialism with a human face" |
| 21st Aug Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 |
| Lenin Prize Aleksandrov Aleksandrov, Anatoly Petrovich | |
| Awarded the Lenin Prize |
| Prague Spring Dubcek, Alexander | |
| June Russia agrees with Czechoslovakia to withdraw their troops (still stationed in Czechoslovakia since the June maneuvers) and permit the September 9 Party Congress |
| Prague Spring Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| June Brezhnev and the leadership of the Warsaw Pact countries are concerned about Dubcek's reforms, which they fear weaken the position of the Communist Bloc during the Cold War |
| June Russia agrees with Czechoslovakia to withdraw their troops (still stationed in Czechoslovakia since the June maneuvers) and permit the September 9 Party Congress |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava At a Warsaw Pact meeting, Brezhnev announces intervention will go ahead August 20, and asks for "fraternal support", which leaders of Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary & Poland offer |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava In the Bratislava Declaration Russia expresses its intention to intervene in a Warsaw Pact country if a "bourgeois" system-a pluralist system of several political parties is ever established |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava Representatives from Russia, East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia meet in Bratislava and sign the Bratislava Declaration |
| 3rd Aug Bratislava The Bratislava Declaration ffirms unshakable fidelity to Marxism-Leninism & proletarian internationalism & declares an implacable struggle against "bourgeois" ideology and all "antisocialist" forces |
| 16th Aug A Politburo passes a resolution to "provide help to the Communist Party and people of Czechoslovakia through military force" |
| 20th Aug Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, ss taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue |
| 20th Aug The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for "immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces" |
| 21st Aug Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000 |
| Treaty of Warsaw Pact Dubcek, Alexander | |
| 16th Oct Prague Rep Russia & Czech sign a treaty on the withdrawal of Warsaw Pact forces from Czech |