Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:01:42 +0200https://english.radio.cz/gustav-husak-face-normalisation-soviet-occupied-czechoslovakia-8734195© 2026 Radio Prague International History remembers Gustáv Husák, the last communist president of Czechoslovakia, as the face of a spineless regime that ruled during the Normalisation era. He had risen to power in the wake of the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring – a reform movement that Husák had supported. And while a political prisoner himself in the 1950s, he went on to overse the persecution of opposition activists in the 1970s and ‘80s. Ahead of the 30th anniversary of his death, we reflect upon Husák’s remarkable life. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/husak_gustav_0.jpg?timestamp=1771608022 https://english.radio.cz/gustav-husak-face-normalisation-soviet-occupied-czechoslovakia-8734195 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9