Spartakiad (Czechoslovakia)
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The Spartakiads or Spartakiades in Czechoslovakia were mass gymnastics events, designed to celebrate the Red Army's liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945. The name refers to the 1921 Prague Spartakiad
1965 Spartakiad
1965 Spartakiad performance.
Members of the Czechoslovak People's Army about to perform in the 1980 Spartakiad.
1980 Spartakiad view from the stands. The banner on the right reads "For peace, for socialism".
In the history of Czechoslovakia, normalization is a name commonly given to the period following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 and up to the glasnost era of liberalization
Spartakiad (Czechoslovakia)
…1955, and was subsequently held every five years. The Spartakiad scheduled for 1970 was canceled in the wake of the Prague Spring and the beginning of normalization. Preparations for the 1990 Spartakiad were interrupted by the Velvet Revolution, but the event still took place as the "Prague Sports Games", albeit…
Soviet stamp issued in 1970, marking the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Czechoslovakia from Fascist Occupation.
The Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising in Bratislava, opened in 1972
Czechoslovaks in 1972