| Similarity in causes ? | Czechslovakia resented the control from Moscow bc they were a strong ecnonmy and had developed a capitalist system
Hungary becuase they were a very relgious and nationalisitc stalte |
| Similiarity in leaders? | Both were sympathetic to the public's opinion and wanted change |
| Difference in cases? | Hungary - reaction to the events in the USSR and in Poland, began as sympahty protest
Prague - due to living conditions and poor standard of living and not events |
| Differnece in cases? | Hungary wanted to leave the warsaw pact and thought it was possible due to Stalin's death
12 years the Czechs knew this was not possible so thier aims were less radical |
| Similarites in events? | Students were the centre of the protests in both
Both wanted freedom from Moscow
Alliance between refom-minded communists and people more nationlisitc |
| Similarites in events? | USSR allowed the situation to develop to a certain point. Both leaders used violent methods to crush the opposition |
| Differences in events? | Dubcek never threatened to leave the warsaw pact
Nagy wanted to appeled to the UN for help |
| Difference in events? | More violence in Hungary bc the people thought that they were would get outside support bc of radio free europe. |
| Similarities in consequences ? | Strenghten moscow power, no authority from the west. Opponents of communism knew they wouldn't get help from the west and they would have to do things themseleves in the future |
| Similarities in consequences? | Both countries waited until the later 1980's to oppose communism again |
| Difference in consequences? | Deaths in Budapest was way higher than Prague
Nagy was exectued and Dubcek was not |
| Difference in consequences? | Brezhnev used Warsaw pact forces in Prague
Khrushcehv used USSR foces in Budapest (red army) |
