Normalization (Czechoslovakia)

Normalization ( normalizace Czech, Slovak normalizácia ) the period is called after August 1968 in the history of Czechoslovakia. It is characterized as a restoration of the conditions that existed before the reform attempts of the Prague Spring of Alexander Dubček ( 1967/1968 ). In a narrower sense is called in August from 1968 to 1971 as normalization, only the period from the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops, usually also the time Will be added to the end of the 1980s - the preservation of the status quo.

The term "normalization" first appeared on August 27, 1968, signed in the Moscow Protocol. As a well-known representatives and supporters of the normalization Ludvik Svoboda, Gustav Husak and Vasiľ Biľak apply.

From 1968 to 1991, Soviet troops were stationed on the Czechoslovak territory. The last Soviet troops left Czechoslovakia on 21 June 1991.