Kutevera Hondo yeNyika II nehurumende yeSoviet yakatsigirwa neUSSR muna February 1948, Czechoslovakia yakava rutivi rweEastern Bloc inotungamirirwa neSoviet uye yaiva imwe yenhengo dzakatanga Warsaw Pact muna May 1955. Muna August 1968, mukupindura kuPrague Spring pro-democracy reforms yehurumende yeCzech, kupinda kweSoviet-kutungamirirwa
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