1921. Alexander Dubchek was born

95 years ago, on November 27, 1921, Alexander Dubkek, the Czechoslovak statesman, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1968-1969, the initiator of the Prague Spring, was born. The “CPS” program developed under his leadership provided for freedom of speech and meetings, the abolition of preliminary censorship, freedom of traveling abroad, a clear division of powers between the party apparatus and the economic activities of the government, the introduction of market principles of enterprises, the legalization of private small businesses, and the country's federalization.

After the input of the troops of the Warsaw Treaty into Czechoslovakia, Dubchek was gradually removed from all posts and in 1970 was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1989, he became one of the leaders of the velvet revolution and in 1989-1992 he was the chairman of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia.