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    Ludvík Svoboda (Czech pronunciation: [ˈludviːk ˈsvoboda]; 25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both...
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  • Look up Ludvík in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ludvík or Ludvik is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Ludvík Aškenazy (1921–1986)...
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    on 5 January 1968. On 22 March, Novotný resigned and was replaced by Ludvík Svoboda, who later gave consent to the reforms. Early signs of change were few...
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    22 March 1968, Novotný resigned his presidency and was replaced by Ludvík Svoboda, who later gave consent to the reforms.[citation needed] When the KSČ...
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    československý armádny zbor), also known as Svoboda's Army (Czech: Svobodova armáda, after its commander Ludvík Svoboda), was a military formation of the Czechoslovak...
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    1968 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 30 March 1968. Ludvík Svoboda replaced Antonín Novotný as the President of Czechoslovakia. It was...
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  • Battalion, fought together with the Red Army. Under the command of Ludvík Svoboda, later President of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak soldiers delayed...
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  • place from 23 to 26 August 1968. The main signatories were President Ludvík Svoboda, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of...
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    Zeman. He is the second president with a military background (after Ludvík Svoboda) and the first without political experience. In his first hundred days...
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    would mean that he fought there against future General and President Ludvík Svoboda, who fought on the side of the Czechoslovak Legion. Thomas Jakl of the...
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    Prime Minister Viliam Široký Preceded by Antonín Zápotocký Succeeded by Ludvík Svoboda First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia In office 14...
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    to some Czechoslovak war heroes, to the general and later president Ludvík Svoboda, to the Czechoslovak president Gustáv Husák, to the Czech cosmonaut...
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  • the Great, Hussite leader Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, field marshal Ludvík Svoboda, general, president Jan Syrový, general, prime minister, member of the...
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    presidential election took place on 22 March 1973. Ludvík Svoboda was elected for his second term. Svoboda was the president since 1968. His first term expired...
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    December 1989 Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal Ladislav Adamec Preceded by Ludvík Svoboda Succeeded by Václav Havel Personal details Born (1913-01-10)10 January...
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    defense minister. He was appointed defense minister under President Ludvík Svoboda in April 1968, replacing Bohumír Lomský in the post. He was a colonel...
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  • between the First Nation peoples and the settler peoples of Canada. Ludvík Svoboda – Czechoslovakia, general and politician who fought in both World Wars...
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    commanding 38th Army (Kirill Moskalenko) Czechoslovak 1st Army Corps (Ludvík Svoboda) Elements of 4th Ukrainian Front: Soviet 1st Guards Army (Andrei Grechko)...
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    • 1953–1957 Antonín Zápotocký • 1957–1968 Antonín Novotný • 1968–1975 Ludvík Svoboda • 1976–1989 Gustáv Husák • 1989–1992 Václav Havel KSČ General Secretary...
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  • Svoboda (politician) (1929–2022), Austrian politician Kathy Svoboda, American biologist Květoslav Svoboda (born 1982), Czech freestyle swimmer Ludvík...
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    Ludvík Vaculík [ˈludviːk ˈvatsuˌliːk] (23 July 1926 – 6 June 2015) was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent...
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    disguise for gross violation of national party autonomy. Even President Ludvík Svoboda had publicly issued a statement calling on occupying forces to withdraw...
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    Zdeněk Mlynář Antonín Novotný Jan Palach Petro Shelest Ota Šik Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Vaculík Related Action Programme Brezhnev Doctrine Moscow Protocol...
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    heroism during the liberation of Kyiv, awarded on 21 December 1943 Ludvík Svoboda – communist president of Czechoslovakia and army general, commander...
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  • of the Slavonic Brotherhood in Mnich, Vysočina Region Birthplace of Ludvík Svoboda in Hroznatín, Vysočina Region Memorial to the victims of the Frývaldov...
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    Military Academy (Prague) Political Military Academy in Bratislava Ludvík Svoboda Military Ground Forces University in Vyškov Military Air Forces University...
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    Czech 1957 1964 19 November 1957 22 March 1968 10 years, 124 days KSČ 7 Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) Czech 1968 1973 30 March 1968 29 May 1975 7 years, 60 days...
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    Zdeněk Mlynář Antonín Novotný Jan Palach Petro Shelest Ota Šik Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Vaculík Related Action Programme Brezhnev Doctrine Moscow Protocol...
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    Zdeněk Mlynář Antonín Novotný Jan Palach Petro Shelest Ota Šik Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Vaculík Related Action Programme Brezhnev Doctrine Moscow Protocol...
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    Czechoslovakia established an investigation commission led by General Ludvík Svoboda. The commission was not able to discover the reason for the explosion...
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