Current Affairs Moscow archives open for Czech historians to search for truth about the 1968 invasion
Czech historians are to be allowed access to much of the Russian archival material that was closed to them up to now. Likely to be of the greatest interest to Czech researchers is documentation connected to the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, which brought an end to the country's attempt at reforms aimed at bringing "socialism with a human face". Negotiations to secure Czechs' access to Soviet-era archives took years: An agreement was finally reached last week between the chairman of the Czech Senate Petr Pithart and the head of the Russian Parliament's upper chamber Sergey Mironov. Radio Prague's Martin Mikule recently spoke with Senator Pithart and asked him for a behind-the-scenes look at how the deal was reached.
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