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Current AffairsMuscovites faced with powerful 1968 invasion testimony
Czech born Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka’s unique collection of
photographs documenting the 1968 Russian-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
opened at the Lumiere Brothers Gallery in Moscow on Friday. At the
exhibition’s opening the photographer said he hoped the unique testimony
would help dispel the myth that the invasion of Czechoslovakia was an act
of solidarity with its people. More
From the ArchivesJiří Dienstbier remembers a fateful day
Because August 21 is the fortieth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the radio played such a central role in the
events of those dramatic days, in this edition of From the Archives we
shall be hearing the memories of one of the key journalists involved in
those dramatic events. Jiří Dienstbier was one of Czechoslovak Radio’s
star reporters at the time. Later he was to become one of the best-known
dissidents of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and after the Velvet Revolution he was
the country’s first post-communist foreign minister. On the morning of
August 21 1968, he was one of several radio journalists, playing a
cat-and-mouse game with the Soviet occupiers, as the Soviets tried to
silence the radio station. In some of the recordings that survive, you can
hear quite distinctly tanks and machine-gun fire in the background. More
Current AffairsFormer Czech TV correspondent’s book explores Russian perspective on August 21 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Ahead of the 43-year anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s invasion by the
Soviet Union and her main allies on August 21, a new book offers a hitherto
little explored perspective on this traumatic chapter of Czech history.
Titled “Invasion 1968. The Russian View”, it explores Russians’
attitudes towards the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and the trauma
that some of the Soviet soldiers involved in it experienced in its wake.
Sarah Borufka spoke to the editor, former Russian correspondent for Czech
TV Josef Pazderka, about the Russian experience of the historic event,
their view of the 1968 invasion today and what inspired him to put the book
together in the first place. More
Current AffairsWeek of Freedom marks 20-year-anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops
On July 1, 1991, the Warsaw Treaty was officially dissolved and 36 years of
Czechoslovakia’s military alliance with the USSR came to an end. As a
consequence, Soviet troops stationed in the country during the 1968
invasion were gradually withdrawn – an anniversary that the Czech NGO
Opona is celebrating with a series of events entitled Week of Freedom,
starting Monday. Sarah Borufka spoke to David Gaydečka, one of the
organizers of Freedom Week about the events planned.
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