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Czech history
Also known as: Národní shromáždění

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Czechoslovakian history

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    In Czechoslovak history: Stalinism in Czechoslovakia

    …May 30, and the new National Assembly elected Gottwald president. Antonín Zápotocký succeeded him as premier, while Rudolf Slánský retained the powerful post of secretary general of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.

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    In Czechoslovak history: The Prague Spring of 1968

    The National Assembly, declaring its loyalty to Dubček, continued its plenary sessions. On August 23 President Svoboda, accompanied by Husák, left for Moscow to negotiate an end to the occupation. But by August 27 the Czechoslovaks had been compelled to yield to the Soviets’ demands in…

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