Husakism
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Husakism is an ideology connected with the Communist Slovak and Czechoslovak politician Gustáv Husák
. It has two different meanings. First it was used by Karol Bacílek to denounce the alleged "bourgeois nationalism" of Husák in 1950s. The later and more frequent use is for the ideology of Czechoslovak Normalization
, the Czechoslovak official ideology from about 1969 to about 1989, formulated by Husák, Vasil Biľak
and others.
Gustáv Husák
Gustáv Husák was a Slovak politician, president of Czechoslovakia and a long-term Communist leader of Czechoslovakia and of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia...
. It has two different meanings. First it was used by Karol Bacílek to denounce the alleged "bourgeois nationalism" of Husák in 1950s. The later and more frequent use is for the ideology of Czechoslovak Normalization
Normalization (Czechoslovakia)
In the history of Czechoslovakia, normalization is a name commonly given to the period 1969 to about 1987. It was characterized by initial restoration of the conditions prevailing before the reform period led by Alexander Dubček , first of all, the firm rule of the Communist Party of...
, the Czechoslovak official ideology from about 1969 to about 1989, formulated by Husák, Vasil Biľak
Vasil Bilak
RSDr. Vasiľ Biľak is a former Slovak Communist leader of Rusyn origin.Vasiľ Biľak was originally a tailor...
and others.