The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia's leader's proposition failed to lead to the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union.
 In an attempt to avoid a third short-lived leader, in 1985, the Soviets turned to the next generation and selected Mikhail Gorbachev
Under Nikita Khrushchev, the state leadership clashed with the churches in 19581964, a period when atheism was emphasized in the educational curriculum, and numerous state publications promoted atheistic views

