PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Russia-Czechoslovakia Relations
From September 1944 to May 1945 the Red Army with joined Czechoslovak forces liberated most of the pre-Munich Czechoslovak territory
soviet union and czechoslovakia gained a common border
After the war the Soviet Union enjoyed a huge credit of the Liberator of Czechoslovakia and had strong influence on Czechoslovak foreign policy and on the rising power of Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovakia became another Soviet satellite and any mark of disloyalty was bitterly suppressed in political trials under supervision of Soviet advisors
Czechoslovakia was also constituent member of many Soviet-led international organisations
-economic organization Comecon (1949-1991)
-military organization Warsaw Pact (1955–1991)
two following decades Czechoslovakia was the most faithful Soviet's ally in the Central Europe
The old leadership of the Czechoslovak Communist Party was withdrawn in late 1967 and the new communist leader Alexander Dubček accelerated the reforms in economical, political and cultural life
Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany threatened Dubček in order to get him to not go through with the reforms
Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany threatened Dubček in order to get him to not go through with the reforms
threats from the Soviets increased and eventually lead to the August 1968 military invasion of Czechoslovakia.
After the collapse of Soviet Union and the later dissolution of Czechoslovakia their relations were replaced by bilateral relations of the succession states.
