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Husák

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[hoo-sahk, hoo-sak] / ˈhʊ sɑk, ˈhu sæk /

noun

  1. Gustáv 1913–91, Czechoslovak political leader: first secretary of the Communist Party 1969–87; president 1975–89.


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By early 1969, resistance had largely disappeared, and the Soviet Union replaced Dubček with the conservative Gustáv Husák, who reversed Dubček’s reforms.

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