Similarities and differences by shiwei wang https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n en-us 2023-11-23 06:26:54 UTC 2023-11-28 05:46:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Similarities among all https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800269661 All states were Soveit Union satellite states

  • monitored under Soviet Influence

    • Secret Police control prior to Prague Spring, The overseed elections in Hungary.

  • Citizens in those places (including Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland) wanted to get rid of the Soviet sphere of influence due to people’s patriotism. However, Soviet aimed to influence all three countries, and wanted to reach their aim by force.

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  • Similarities :

    • For the Soviet response for both was to mobilize troops. To suppress the Hungarian Uprising, USSR mobilized 30,000 troops with tanks and artillery and had killed many people. To suppress the Prague Spring, the USSR led the Warsaw Pact troops to invade Czech.

    • The aims for both events was similar. The Hungarians aimed to against the overall influence from the Soviet and also due to the regime under Matyas Rakoss, Hungary was under economic crisis. The economic crisis in Czechoslovakia had led to the low living standard among 1960s, and this led the leader Antonin Novotny unpopular. Dubcek aimed to get rid of the communist rule and made a list of reforms to improve the economy.

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  • Hungary was strongly dissatisfied with the regime's strongly Stalinist leader Rakosi, who was then replaced by Nagy.

    • Hungary people were opposed to the USSR influence, and wanted to establish some very radical changes, i.e. Free elections and withdrawal from Warsaw Pact.

    • Triggered USSR reaction to invade Hungary. For the Soviet response for both was to mobilize troops.

  • Czechoslovakia was pro-USSR in the sense that they also believed in the socialist ideologies. However, they were ruled by the Secret Police under the influence of USSR.

    • They had a really bad economic situation so wanted reforms

    • Unlike Hungary, they were happy in alliance with USSR (was pushed by the Marshall Plan away)

    • Soviet also invaded Czechoslovakia for fear of weakening Soviet influence/socialist power.

    • ]]>     2023-11-23 06:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800280022     Hungarian Uprising and Solidarity-> similarity/ difference 3352809772 https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800283792 Differences:

    • Hungarian Uprising was in Hungary

    • Solidarity was in Poland

    • Time in which two events occurred were different: Hungarian Uprising happened in Oct 23, 1956 – Nov 11, 1956, while Solidarity emerged in 1980 from mid-April to mid-June 1989

    • Solidarity desire for more workers right they didn’t want political reforms.

    ]]>     2023-11-23 06:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800283792     Difference among all 3352809772 https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800284130 The Hungarian Uprising:

    violently oppressed

    the PRC supported the Soviet


    The Prague Spring:

    the leader of the PS, Dubcek was peacefully resigned and marginalized

    it is generally a peaceful movement

    Dubcek promised to the USSR that he will abide by the communism continuously


    Solidarity:

    it gained significant support from the US, the CIA provided 2 million dollars secretly to the S every year

    it survived after the Soviets' oppression

    it had the support of the Catholic Church

    it was extremely popular among the Polish people

    ]]>     2023-11-23 06:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800284130     Differences - Solidarity and Prague Spring Xuan_110 https://padlet.com/3352809772/few6cpmeljbopj4n/wish/2800292043

  • Prague Spring: In Czechoslovakia, the people's opinion towards USSR influence is more positive

    • They did not want radical reforms, instead wished for an improvement in their living standards.

    • Dubcek was still a very socialist leader, and allowed free elections

      • He was the leader of Czech from the beginning, so had a large political influence.

  • However Solidarity was formed in Poland, a country where the people hated USSR interventions

    • Had a pro-soviet leader Jaruzelski, who suppressed all forms of liberal reforms

    • Gorbechev openly claimed that he would not intervene in Poland

    • Oppression came not from Soviet, but from home leader

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