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What caused the movement towards democracy in Czechoslovakia?

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That factor, the sluggishness of the economy (despite the reforms), and Slovak resentment over Novotný's Czech-dominated administration, produced the startling developments of 1968. Alexander Dub?ek , a Slovak, replaced Novotný as party leader in January; Ludvik Svoboda became president in March. Under Dub?ek, in what is known as Prague Spring, democratization went further than in any other Communist state. Press censorship was reduced, and the restoration of a genuinely democratic political life seemed possible. Slovakia was granted political autonomy.

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