ZDENEK MLYNAR, CZECH LEADER DURING 1968 RUSSIAN INVASION All Editions.=.5 Star. 4 Star. 3 Star. 2 Star. 1 Star

[ZDENEK MLYNAR], a key figure in the Prague Spring communist reform movement that led to the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, died Tuesday. After the Soviet invasion, Mlynar was expelled from the party in 1970. Seven years later, he co-founded Charter 77, an appeal for the Czechoslovak pa...

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Published inThe Record (Hackensack, N.J.)
Main Author The Associated Press
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bergen County, N.J North Jersey Media Group Inc 16.04.1997
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Mlynar, Zdenek
VIENNA, Austria
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Summary:[ZDENEK MLYNAR], a key figure in the Prague Spring communist reform movement that led to the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, died Tuesday. After the Soviet invasion, Mlynar was expelled from the party in 1970. Seven years later, he co-founded Charter 77, an appeal for the Czechoslovak party and government to respect human rights. He was forced into exile in 1977 and continued to support Czechoslovak dissidents from his new home in Innsbruck, Austria. After the collapse of communism in 1989 and the ouster of [Mikhail Gorbachev], Mlynar returned to Prague, where he tried unsuccessfully to enter politics. He split his time between Prague and Austria, where his son and daughter live.